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German Expansion (Course of Events (1933 (Hitler is appointed Chancellor…
German Expansion
Course of Events
1922
Washington Naval Conference/Treaty has US, UK, Japan and France limiting the size of their naval forces
Mussolini rises to power in Italy and carries out his March on Rome, which later inspires Hitler's attempted Putsch
1923
Hitler leads Nazi's in the Beer Hall Putsch to overthrow the Wiemar Government but is stopped by Police
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1919
Spartacist Uprising in Germany (a clash between democratic and communist parties in Germany) is stopped by military.
June 28th, Treaty of Versailles is signed making Germany pay large reparations and limiting its military size to 100,000 men
1926
Berlin Treaty is signed between Germany and USSR which says they will stay neutral if the other is attacked, while at the same time they are helping each other develop new technologies.
1918
Germany signs armistice which ends WWI, and the German Rhineland is evacuated and occupied by allies
1929
Young Plan, goes into effect with Germany's total reparations set at $26,000,000,000+ US dollars to be paid over 60ish years
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1933
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Also the first concentration camp in Germany is completed and homeless, alcoholic, etc. are sent there
1934
Night of Long Knives, German SA "Brownshirts" are killed as well as enemies of Hitler and replaced by the SS
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1938
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Munich Agreement is signed by Germany, France, and the UK, which allows Germany to annex Czechoslovakia as a form of appeasement.
1939
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Germany invades Poland over their lack of response to the ultimatum for the free city if Danzig, and WWII begins
Causes
The Saar Basin, the richest coal area in Europe, was taken away from Germany after WWI.
January 1933, Germany re-incorporated the Saar Basin.
Hitler’s targeting of Sudetenland, the German-speaking southern part of Czechoslovakia that was home to many German nationals
March 1939, Hitler occupied Prague, and the entirety of Czechoslovakia was gone.
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Expansion into Russia
June 22, 1941, 4 million German troops poured over the Russian border. The Germans made tremendous advances into Russia – into portions of Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad
However, in 1942 the German Sixth Army was almost completely destroyed
People
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France (Daladier), Britain (Chamberlain), Italy (Mussolini) signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler