HST 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Polish Corridor, Nazi Propaganda, Munich Agreement
14 Mar 2020
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German aggression and appeasement policy: versailles, nazi ideology and hitler"s foreign policy, the diplomatic revolution (1933-1936) - the remilitarization of the rhineland, march, 1936. - building alliances italy and japan: the path to war (1937-1939) - the anschluss with austria, march 13, 1938. - the sudetenland crisis & munich conference, sept. 1938. - neville chamberlain and peace in our time : hitler moves on poland. - the hitler-stalin pact (or non aggression pact ) , august 23, 1939. Prior to ww2; hitler managed undo the effects of the tov and gaind massive territories. Note: long term plan : hitler always had plan for war conquest and lebnsraum of expanding into the east which was essential for germany"s nations survival hitler sought war. Germany remove democracy --- rearmament policy was negotiated a threat to going to war with france ( fear of getting into war with france pre-emptively when germany wasn"t prepared just yet) and the germans reintroduced conscription.
