the dissaparity between German population and land area occupied
2 ideologicas bases or fundations
1-Pangermanism
capture all conutries that have germany foundation
2-theory of life and space
high class people could capture less class people
2-THE PLAN OF THE EXPANSIONISM
"plan to rearm"
Hitler prepared an stronger army called "GOERING"
the most stronger army to road to glory
3-LEVENSRAUM
"living space"
1-through the Anschluss (annexation) with Austria and occupation of the Sudetenland
(Czechoslovakia) in 1938, and then by the invasion of Poland in 1939, which led to the outbreak of
the Second World War .
2-The German Nazi expansionism peaked when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, occupying
Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the western half of European Russia
4-POLAND INVASION
end of the pact
a)Hitler signed pact with Poland in 1934
b)it was a strategy because in 1939 Germany had all countries that surrounding Poland
c) the war started because Poland people entered about Nazis Plan
the war
started 1/9/39 and finished 6/10/39
answer
victory for Hitler and his arm
1,5 Milion German soldiers vs 950000 Polands
the Germans had more tanks and aircraft guns
in Germany there were 50,000 dead or missing injured while in Poland 760000.
Germany had the advantage that comes from all sides, even with bombs from airplanes
Germany was with Slovakia
commanders and groups
Polland
Edward Smigly-Rydz Tadeus kutrzeba
Germany
Fedor von Bock , Ger von Rundstedt , Ferdinad Catlos (Slovakia)
5-ANSCHLUSS OR AUSTRIA INVASION
5.2Hitler entered in Austria with his arm
they thought that is going to be a war
Austrians welcomed them as heroes
5.1it was in 12/3/38
5.3 forced the Chancellor to make a referendum to see if the Austrians wanted to join Germany
99% said yes
5.4before the referendum had done Hitler
charge against the president of austria because I wanted to tell the people what the expancionism
7-SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONISM
September 1939
Poland invasion
1940
may
Luxembourg
Belgium
Holland
armistice with France
north for germany
center and south for France
April
Denmark
Norway
1941
March
with Italians help
Greece
Yugoslavia
June
with a pact Sovietic union
June-December
Baltic states: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine
1944
hungary
1943
Pact with Italy because italy arm was too weak
6-SUDETES AND CHECOSLOVAQUIA INVASIONS
After the Anschluss
ambition of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was the annexation of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia in the north and west
Sudetes
needs suffered by the Germanics who inhabited regions bordering Czechoslovakia
This conquest was key because the rest of the country would be unable to resist