HI109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Austrian National Socialism, World Disarmament Conference, Munich Agreement
Document Summary
The league of naions had never and real authority or full paricipaion. Failure to respond to japanese invasion of manchuria (1931) Failure to move on world disarmament conference (1932) Hitler moves quickly (1933) to rearm germany. Promises generals that enemies will be eliminated and lebensraum will be claimed. France and great britain cannot agree on response (french cling to versailles; briish prepare to concede to germany to secure the peace) 1934: german-polish pact supporing pact that means nothing. At irst secretly germany moves on new arsenal of dive bombers, subs, tanks and mobile arillery. March 1935: hitler openly declares versailles" restricions null and void no relevance of. French are hoping to work with italy but the briish and the germans make. The anglo-german naval agreement of 1935 which goes against versailles. Context: victors in treaty of versailles denied right of austria to join germany ater wwi. 1930: austrian nazi party gains no seats in elecion.
