WOH-1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Isolationism, Anschluss, Munich Agreement
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Wanted to undo everything that had been taken from them in the treaty of versailles. Germany on a war footing they would put themselves in a position where they could compete militarily with the rest of the world. In 1935, hitler announced they would no longer be honoring the military restrictions placed upon them in the treaty of versailles. This would put people to work in factories, addressing the unemployment issue in germany. The league of nations told hitler to stop what he was doing, but hitler had withdrawn germany from the league of nations, so there was not much that they could do . Hitler sent troops into the rhineland it was german territory, but the. Treaty of versailles stated that they could not have troops in the area. This would make it hard for them to invade france.