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Described how the LON was to form and how to deal with germany

Germans given 2 weeks to comment on the treaty (most comments ignored) and sign or germany would be invaded

German government had no choice- protested that treaty was unfair but still signed

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1.  Withdrawal from LON and the geneva disarmament conference (1932-1934)

Nazis immediately took steps to abolish the TOV

At geneva conference hitler proposed that germany and france has the same level of military capacity

France objected and hitler used it as an excuse to withdraw from LON

After withdrawal hitler acted to increase germany’s military ability towards achieving expansionist aims

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After WW1 germany struggled with poverty, high unemployment, fragile economy and reparation payments were a extra burden

Germany started to print more money which led to a decrease in its value leading to hyperinflation

Economy recovered in 1924 but people lost trust in the weimar government

Stock market crash in 1929 caused germany to be greatly damaged as they depended on loans and investments from the USA

USA recalled loans and deposits from german banks which made germany go more into economic crisis (jobs lost, homelessness, starvation, poverty)

People were upset with government for not doing anything leading to rise in support for communist and nazi party

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1933 -> Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

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1933 -> Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

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1. Conscription and rearmament

Hitler planned a rearmament programme to build germany’s defences

By march 1935, germany owned a 2500 plane luftwaffe and a 300 000 army

Germany made enlisting compulsory and aimed for a 550 000 people army

Allies only made verbal protests instead of imposing sanctions

Britain signed the anglo-german naval agreement allowing germany a limited build up of its navy

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1. Remilitarisation of rhineland (1936)

Rhineland became a DMZ after the TOV

On 7 march 1936 german troops marched into rhineland but were told to retreat if fired upon (no opposition)

Hitler started building up forces in rhineland in preparation for war

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Hitler sent soldiers, equipment and warplanes to support spanish nationalist forces

Wanted to divert UK and france attention away from his plans of expansion is eastern europe

Gave him the opportunity to test his army against communists

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Hitler wanted to unify germany and his homeland austria

Austrian chancellor was pressured into calling for a referendum (99.75% voted to join with germany)

Germany now became the largest county in the middle of europe with all of austria’s resources (gold & iron ore, army and weapons)

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Chamberlain wanted to avoid war so he let hitler occupy parts of sudetenland but in the end the whole of sudetenland was given to him under the munich agreement

Most czech defences were in sudetenland making the czech weak and a easy target for hitler

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Hitler targeted poland

Both stalin and hitler were wary of each other (hitler did not want to fight 2 sides)

Stalin’s attempts to reach the uk and france failed & was not invited to the munich conference

Nazi soviet pact was signed on 23 august 1939 stating that germany and russia will not attack each other

Secret clause: divide poland equally among them

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Hitler invaded poland on 1st september 1939

Britain and france declared war on germany 2 days later on 3rd september