Road to WWII1) Germany ignores the Versailles treaty

A. doesn’t pay reparationsB. builds up its military

2) Lebensraum living space for the German peopleA. Hitler believed it was ok to take land from “inferior people”

3) Spanish Civil War A. often called the dress rehearsal for WWII b/c

Germany supplied troops, weapons and tactics4) Comintern Pact alliance between Germany, Italy

and Japan to fight communism. Later called the Axis powers

5) Non-aggression pact agreement between Hitler and Stalin to not fight each other.

Germany re-arms1) Increases the size of the navy

--including submarines!2) Brings back the draft3) Creates an air force called the Luftwaffe

--with over 2600 planesThe League of Nations condemns

Germany’s actions but does nothing to stop them. This policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands to keep the peace is called appeasement.

Germany starts taking over EuropeI: Rhineland area between Germany and France

A. was supposed to be empty to act as a barrierII: Anschluss annexation of Austria

A. claimed he was uniting German speakers who lived there

III: Sudetenland western part of CzecholslovakiaA. wanted the military factories thereB. and to unite German speakersC. Hitler claims he will take nothing else 1. the British Prime Minister Neville

Chamberlain agrees with Hitler and declares “peace in our time”

D. Hitler takes the rest of Czech.