HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lightning, The High Command, Phoney War
23 Oct 2017
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Referred by hitler as the signing of the armistice in 1918 at the end of ww1. Hitler blamed this on jews, communists, and liberals of all sort. After being under control of the league of nations for 15 years, voted on a return to. Many consider this backing of germany as the first step to war: rearmament of the rhineland (7 mar 1936) Hitler placed soldiers in the rhineland, breaking the terms of the treaty of versailles. Was a huge risk which would have destroyed germany if someone decided to take action. However, no one took action, and hitler knew that he could get away with a lot now: anschluss (11 mar 1938) Forced union with austria. (hitler invites the chancellor of austria and forces signing) Hitler justified and said that it was an attempt to unite all germans into a single homeland. Hitler"s reputation grew as nobody took action again.
