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On the 1st September Hitler invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war. World War Two had begun. 

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On the 1st September Hitler invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war. World War Two had begun. 

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The next territorial step was the takeover of Czechoslovakia. After this Britain and France said if Germany took any more land they would declare war leading to World War Two. 

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The next territorial step was the takeover of Czechoslovakia. After this Britain and France said if Germany took any more land they would declare war leading to World War Two. 

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In 1938 Germany joined with Austria. This gave Hitler 8 million more people and a much stronger army and economy.

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In 1938 Germany joined with Austria. This gave Hitler 8 million more people and a much stronger army and economy.

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After the invasion of the Rhineland Hitler was in a stronger position. This was

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After the invasion of the Rhineland Hitler was in a stronger position. This was

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made even more obvious when he worked with Franco in the Spanish Civil War

to test out his new weapons. After the Spanish Civil War he signed an alliance with both Italy and Japan.

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Rearmament meant that Hitler was in a stronger position which encouraged him to act more aggressively in Europe. 

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Rearmament meant that Hitler was in a stronger position which encouraged him to act more aggressively in Europe. 

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Maria Fernanda Carro involvement in the spanish civil war

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Maria Fernanda Carro involvement in the spanish civil war

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when the Spanish Civil war started the leaders asked Germany to help them. no one was happy with that idea but Hitler didnt care and helped them. He told General Francisco Franco on 26th July 1936 that Germany would support his rebellion.

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Germany military and expenses increases over the years.

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Hitler conquered Austria for many reasons but one of the main reasons was so they could have a greater army. Every country they could rule over the better

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How did Europe react to the violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Essentially, the French and British did nothing. Britain was still recovering from the Depression which had devastated its economy.

The photo is the Treaty of Versailles

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The 1st of September of 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

The Polish army was defeated weeks later from the start of the invasion .

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This invasion occured in March 193. this shows the places that they conquered

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By March 1939 the whole of Czechoslovakia was under the control of Germany. The Czech Army was disbanded and the Germans took control of the country's highly developed arms industry.

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In this website you can learn why Germany invaded the Rhineland and why the main countries in Europe (Britain and France) did nothing about this violation to the Treaty of Versailles.

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Citation: C N Trueman "Robert Ley"
historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 26 May 2015. 27 Apr 2018.

Robert Ley was in charge of the German Labour Front in Nazi Germany. As such Ley was in charge of 'Strength through Joy'(Kraft durch Freude), a movement which played a major part in the lives of all German civilians.

Ley was born on February 15 th1890. He was one of eleven children and his father - a farmer - always struggled to make ends meet financially. Despite this, Ley got to university where he studied chemistry. World War One interrupted any chance Ley had of finding employment in the chemical industry. At the age of 24, he volunteered at the start of the war. Ley spent two years fighting with artillery units but then trained to become an aerial artillery spotter. In July 1917, his war ended when his aircraft was shot down and he was taken prisoner-of-war.

Once World War One had ended and Ley had been released from his POW camp, he returned to university where he was awarded a doctorate. He found work in the Ruhr as a food chemist for I G Farben, one of the largest industrial concerns in Germany. Up to this point in his life there is little evidence that he was politicised. This changed in 1924.

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Germany had to accept responsibility for starting the war. When her representatives signed the document, it was seen as an admission that Germany was responsible for all the war damage in France and Belgium. Therefore, also included in the Versailles Treaty was the fact that Germany had to pay reparations - to repair war-damaged Western Europe. No figure was actually set at Versailles but eventually - and with no German input - it was set at the massive figure of £6.6 billion. In 1923, Germany failed to pay what was required and this resulted in French and Belgian forces occupying the Ruhr, Germany's most important industrial base. This infuriated Ley as the occupation led to passive civilian resistance, including strikes, which destabilised this important region. The French arrested anyone they associated with civil disobedience and their treatment of the Germans in the Ruhr was highly questionable. What we do know is that Ley, along with many others in the Ruhr, was outraged by the French and wanted redress.

He joined the Nazi Party shortly afterwards. Ley became someone who followed and accepted every word Hitler said. He became highly anti-Semitic and felt no qualms about venting his beliefs in the Nazi newspaper 'Westdeutsche Beobachter', which he was appointed to edit. Ley was also appointed the Nazi Party's Gauleiter in the Southern Rhineland in 1925. However, at this period in time the Nazi Party was a noisy but small party will a minimal presence in the Reichstag.

Hitler was taken in by Ley's loyalty and in 1931 he was brought into the Nazi heart when he was appointed head of party organisation and was based at its headquarters in Munich. It soon became clear to many in the party that he was out of his depth. On top of his inability to cope with the tasks his position required, Ley's critics were also concerned by his excessive drinking. However, Hitler would not hear any criticisms.

When Hitler gained power in January 1933, he surrounded himself with 'yes' men and this included Ley. In April 1933, Ley was appointed the head of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront - DAF). This took over the role that would have traditionally been associated with trade unions - banned by the Nazis. However, Ley was unable to cope with the pressures placed on him by the appointment and he was soon overshadowed by a subordinate within DAF - Reinhard Muchow. He was a socialist and he encouraged workers to agitate for better wages and working conditions. Employers complained to senior Nazi officials who relayed the issue to Hitler. In January 1934, the issue was resolved when all problems surrounding wages and conditions of work were placed in the hands of the Trustees of Labour - an organisation dominated by employers. Ley's control over DAF was re-established and Muchow was removed from office.

Ley remained in power solely because he had the support of Hitler. Once his control over DAF had been re-established, he embarked on a course of corruption and excess that rivalled Goering's. Ley embezzled large amounts of money earmarked for DAF and his drinking and womanising brought DAF a notoriety that served only to embarrass the party. However, protected by Hitler, there was little that other senior Nazi officials could do.

To convince the workers that the Nazi Party had some interest in their well-being, DAF introduced an organisation called Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch Freude - KdF). This organisation took control of the workers free time and organised holidays and other leisure services for them. As head of DAF, Ley was also in charge of KdF.

The start of World War Two showed up Ley's incompetence as an administrator. Now more than ever, the workers needed to be organised to ensure that the Nazi war machine was fully equipped. The war ensured the end of KdF as the workers could hardly expect leisure time during war. The work of Ley was effectively taken over by Fritz Todt, the Armaments Minister. Todt in turn was succeeded by Albert Speer. Ley was very much pushed to one side. Hitler was solely preoccupied with the war. Ley could no longer expect any protection from him.

However, Ley was very much implicated in the mistreatment of slave labourers. He said in 1942 that there was no limit on the amount of force that could be used on a slave labourer. Ley told an audience in Essen that "there was no room for compassion". He referred to Russians as "pigs". His approach was very similar to Heinrich Himmler who once publicly stated that he did not care how many Russians died building a tank trap so long as the tank trap was built. Whether Ley adopted the same tone because he believed in it or whether he adopted it to re-ingratiate himself among the Nazi élite is not known.

After the effective fall of his influence in terms of industrial production, Ley was given the task in November 1941 as tackling the housing crisis that was being brought on by the Allied bombing campaign. As Nazi Germany faced more and more bombing raids against its cities, this was a task that even an able man would have found impossible to master. Ley was not an able man and it quickly became apparent that he was unable to cope with the situation.

For all this, Ley remained on the inside of Hitler's inner circle. He stayed in Berlin until Hitler's birthday on April 20 th 1945. On April 21 st, he left for southern Bavaria where he expected to be joined by Hitler at the 'National Redoubt'. Here in the German Alps, Ley expected both he and Hitler to make a last stand. It never happened and on May 16 th 1945 Ley was arrested by men from the US 101 st Airborne Division.

On October 21 st, Ley was charged with crimes against humanity and conspiracy to wage war. He committed suicide on October 24 th by hanging himself in his cell.

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Robert Ley was in charge of the German Labour Front in Nazi Germany. As such Ley was in charge of'Strength through Joy'(Kraft durch Freude), a movement which played a major part in the lives of all German civilians. Ley was born on February 15th1890. He was one of eleven children and his father - ...

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According to the German, 27 279 of their soldiers were wounded, 5 029 went missing and 8 082 were killed during the encounter.

More than 200 tanks suffered losses and approximately 25% of all German planes in that month were damaged beyond repair.

After the invasion, Britain and France declared war on Germany, on September 3rd 1939.

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Axis leaders Adolf Hitler and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini meet in Munich, Germany, 1940.

The belligerents Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini fought as partners in one of two major alliances: the Axis and the Allies

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Peter/Involvement in the Spanish Civil War and the alliance with Italy and Japan

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Peter/Involvement in the Spanish Civil War and the alliance with Italy and Japan

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http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/world-war-ii-the-start-of-the-second-world-war.html

I chose this video because it covers the three points we were asked to explain, the civil war at Spain, the alliance between Italy and japan and how this affected the war.

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For two years, the German military expanded in secret. By March 1935, Hitler felt strong enough to go public on Nazi Germany's military expansion - which broke the terms of the Versailles Treaty.

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In this video we can see the occupation that Hitler had in this invasion. It also talks about his plans and aims that he had for this.

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A short excerpt from "Why We Fight" on the Nazi Germany's occupation and re-militarization of the Rhineland.

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Process of Germany in the years of the war, strategies.

http://quizlet.com/17975827/nazi-germany-1933-39-flash-cards/

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In 1933, Hitler ordered his army generals to prepare to treble the size of the army to 300,000 men.

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In the Treaty of Versailles Germany and Austria decided to alliance together. When Austria was attacked by the Nazis Germany send support and helped Austria. This video explains how it all happened

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WW2 - Anschlus - German Austrian Unification

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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the unification of Germany and Austria within a greater Germany was expressly forbidden, yet in both countries the movement for political union or Anschluss remained strong. Adopted by the Nazi parties in both states, Anschluss became one of the foundation stones upon which the Thousand Year Reich was to be built.

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Germans,Czechs and Slovaks perform the Nazi Salute as Hitlers army cross the border of their city Sudetenland.Some of these people were happy to be back in Germany´s control. The Czechs and Slovaks are ashamed of their country being taken over

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In this website you can see the importance of the Rhineland, how did Hitler attack, how did other countries defend and the results.

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BBC - Higher Bitesize History - Rhineland : Revision, Page2

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A BBC Bitesize secondary school revision resource for Higher History on the road to war: Rhineland, the importance of the Rhineland, reactions to Hitler.

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Each of these is explained in more detail below.

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Why is World War Two in Europe known as 'Hitler's war'? 

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Why is World War Two in Europe known as 'Hitler's war'? 

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You are going to create a resource here that will explain the steps to WW2. Enjoy!