Rearmament

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When did Hitler come to power?
1933
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What was his first aim?
Increase armed forces.
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Why did he conscript thousand of men into the army?
To reduce unemployment and make Germany strong again.
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When did Hitler stage a Military rally?
1935
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When did start conscription?
1936
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Why did Britain feel sympathetic for Germany?
He thought that the limits put on their armed forces where too harsh. It was not big enough to protect Germany from attack.
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How had Britain helped dismantle the ToV?
They signed a treaty with Germany by signing a Naval agreement with Hitler in 1935 allowing Germany to increase its navy to up too 35% of the British navy.
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When did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?
March 1936
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In what treaty was the demilitarisation of the Rhineland agreed?
The Locarno Treaties.
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How did Hitler get away with it?
France had just signed an agreement with the USSR to protect each other from Germany. Hitler said Germany was under threat.
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Why did Britain not intervene?
Loads of people in Britain thought that Hitler had the right to place troops in the Rhineland.
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Why did France do nothing?
They where about to hold an election and none of the French leaders was prepared to take the responsibilities for plunging France into war.
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What where the 3 things Hitler wanted?
1. Abolish the Treaty of Versailles. 2. Expand German Territory. 3.Defeat Communism.
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Why did Hitler want to defeat Communism?
He thought that communism was going to spread from Russia into Germany.
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What was his first aim?

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Increase armed forces.

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Why did he conscript thousand of men into the army?

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When did Hitler stage a Military rally?

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When did start conscription?

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