HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: The High Command, Anschluss, Munich Agreement
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A good precursor of ww2. (included brutality, air attacks, etc. ) Italy intervened on general franco"s side and overthrew the republic government: mussolini"s empire. Ethiopia was conquered in 1935-6 using excessive force and angering non-revisionists: pact of steel (1939) (back from the dictators unit) 10 year political, military, and ideological pact between germany and italy. 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.