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How did Hitler challenge post-war peace? - Coggle Diagram
How did Hitler challenge post-war peace?
Anschluss attempt
Austrian Nazis (with Hitler's support) staged a series of uprisings and captured the Vienna radio station
Announced that they had taken control of Austrian Government
Entered Chancellery and shot Austrian Chancellor
Chancellors colleague took over and due to the poor organization of the plot, it failed.
Mussolini outraged, sent 40,000 troops to German border as a warning
Hitler was forced to acknowledge Austrian sovereignty and distance himself from the coup and these responsible for it
Saar Plebiscite
Region of Saarland, which was mandated to France and Britain, held plebiscite on whether to rejoin Germany
98% voted, 90% wanted to rejoin Germany
these suspicious numbers suggest it was rigged by Germany
German Re-armament and Conscription
Hitler withdrew from the conference and LofN in 1933
Rearmament began in secret
By 1935, Hitler had reintroduced conscription and shown off massive military forces in parade
British Signed Anglo-German naval agreement in 1935,
Knew that Germany was rebuilding its navy
Could not stop it without going to war, which they were not prepared to do
Limited Germany to the same number of submarines and overall strength of 35% of Royal Navy
Good agreement for Britain, but angered France and Italy and led to breakup of Stresa front
Remilitarization of Rhineland
1935 France and USSR signed a treaty of mutual support
Hitler claimed this treaty was hostile to Germany
Began developing plans to remilitarise Rhineland
Seized opportunity created by distraction of invasion of Abyssinia
Marched troops into Rhineland
Many German Generals sceptical
Troops instructed to retreat if they encountered any French resistance
French officials met, decided to protest rather than fight
Had no British support for war in Rhineland
Many reasoned that Rhineland was German zone and so they had a right to be there
Gamble paid off, Rhineland remained militarised
Anschluss in 1938
Hitler threatened the Austrian Chancellor with invasion, if he didn't resign
He resigned due to lack of LofN support and Austrian Nazis quickly took hold of Austria and executed opponents of Hitler
Rigged Plebiscite of Anschluss was held and used to justify Hitler's anschluss
LofN did not respond to the Anschluss out of fear of war by Britain and France
Smaller countries lost trust in LofN, saw it as powerless to prevent crisis like this.
A large failure that led to collapse of League