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Title: Hitler’s Aggression and Expansion
Hitler Defies Versailles
• Hitler’s rise to power was based primarily off the
fact that he pledged to undo the Treaty of Versailles
• March 1935-Hitler begins to rebuild Germany’s
military
• Inspired by the “slap on the wrist” from the League
of Nations, Hitler begins to take greater risks
• March 7, 1936-Germany troops enter the Rhineland
(violation of the Treaty)
Hitler Defies Versailles
(Continued)
• Britain and France appease Hitler hoping to maintain
European peace
• By occupying the Rhineland Hitler gains greater
power and prestige inside Germany
• October 1936-Rome-Berlin Axis (Alliance between
Mussolini and Hitler) is formed
• November 1936-Japan joins the alliance. The three
nations officially call themselves the Axis Powers.
Munich Conference
• September 29, 1938-Conference called by Mussolini
• Members included Germany, France, Britain, & Italy
• France & Britain agreed that Hitler could take the
Sudetenland in exchange Hitler agreed to respect
Czechoslovakia’s borders
• Six months later Hitler took Czechoslovakia and Mussolini
took Albania
• Hitler felt confident that France and Britain would not risk
war
• Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact on August 23,
1939…Stalin hoped to buy time to rebuild his army
German Expansion Before and
During WWII
German Expansion Before and
During WWII
Military Campaign
Belgium
Denmark
France
German Policies in
the Occupied
Country
Reactions to
German Occupation
by Natives
Treatment of Jews
Military Campaign
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Yugoslavia
German Policies in
the Occupied
Country
Reactions to
German Occupation
by Natives
Treatment of Jews