Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Saar, remilitarization of the
Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and
Poland
- SAAR
- Industrialised region of Germany- 30 miles wide; bordering France
- Under T.O.V- under control of L.O.N for 15 years from 1920
- Territory's status decided by popular vote-1935
- January 1935- 90% of voters chose reunion with Germany
- Saar returned to G in March
- RHINELAND
- Demilitarised by T.O.V
- G accepted by signing Locarno Treaties-1925
- Hitler was breaking part of the T.O.V; no one tried to stop him
- AUSTRIA
- Germany + Austria = Aschluss
- 1934- Nazi Revolt in Austria failed- Mussolini moved
Italian troops to Austrian borders; Scaring Hitler off
- 1936- Hitler+Mussolini became allies
- Austrian Nazis staged demonstrations+protests
- February 1938- Hitler demanded an
Austrian Nazi be Minister of the Interior
- Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg called
a plebiscite if Austria should remain
independent
- Hitler threatened to invade if Schuschnigg didn't resign
- Resigned; Seyss Inquart (Aust Nazi)
invited German Army into Austria to
''restore order''
- 15th March 1938- Hitler entered Vienna to proclaim Greater German Reich
- Austria+Germany united
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- Sudetenland-Western Czech-3
million Germans
- Brit+Fran+USSR-support Czechs if Hitler invaded
- Hitler promised Chamberlin he wouldn't invade
- Then claimed Czech Gov. was discriminating them
- Demanded area to become a part of Germany
- May 1938- threatened war
- Czech leader (Benes) ready to fight
- Brit+France put pressure on Czechs to give
concessions to Hitler to avoid war
- 1st September 1939- Hitler invades Poland
- Britain+France order him to leave
- Ignored them
- Britain declared war on 3rd September 1939