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This PowerPoint presentation examines the extent to which Hitler's foreign policy contributed to the outbreak of war in 1939. It analyzes key events such as Germany's withdrawal from international agreements, the non-aggression pact with Poland, the reoccupation of the Rhineland, the attempted union with Austria, and the Munich Conference. The presentation provides a comprehensive analysis of how these actions set the stage for the start of WWII.

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  1. Powerpoint realizzato dalla 1dl

  2. How far wasHitler’sforeign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939?

  3. 1933

  4. 1933 Germany refused to pay any more reparations, walked out of the World Disarmament Conference and left the League of Nations

  5. 1933 1934

  6. Non-Aggression Pact with Poland 1934 • Germany signed a non-aggression pact with Poland in January 1934. Hitler signed this for various reasons, including: • He hoped to weaken the alliance that already existed between Poland and France. • He hoped to reduce the Polish fears of German aggression. • He wanted to show that he didn’t have a quarrel with Poland, merely with the USSR.

  7. 1933 1934 1935

  8. 1935 Re-occupation of the Rhineland • Saar-coal-rich land taken from Germany by the League of Nations. 1935, a vote (plebiscite) among the people shows 90% of people want to unite with Germany • 1936, while the League deals with Abyssinia, Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland. Hitler had ordered the men to retreat if they met any resistance. The French overstimated the power of the German army, and didn’t resist.

  9. 1933 1934 1935 1936

  10. 1936

  11. 1938 1933 1934 1935 1936

  12. Attempted union of Anschluss with Austria 1938 Hitler wanted to include all the seven million austrian German-speaking people in his Reich. During the meeting with the Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg, held in February 1938, Hitler forced him to accept the union with Germany and also demanded Schuschnigg’s resignation and his replacement by Seyss-Inquart, who immediately requested the assistance of Germany in restoring order. Hitler, supported by Mussolini, ordered the German army into Austria on 12 March 1938 proclaiming the Anschluss to have taken place.

  13. 1938 1938 1933 1934 1935 1936

  14. 1938 The Munich Conference Adolf wanted to also take the "Sudetenland" region of Czechslovakia and make the territory a part of Germany. On 29 September 1938 the Munich Conference was called. Here Hitler met with representatives of the heads of state from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy.An agreement was reached that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland provided he promised not to invade anywhere else. All four countries signed the agreement: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Neville Chamberlain (UK), Edouard Daladier (France), and Benito Mussolini (Italy).

  15. 1939 1938 1938 1933 1934 1935 1936

  16. WAR

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