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    M O D E RN HISTORY - I N T E R W A R P E R I O D

    Europe before
    World War II
    Outline
    TODAY'S TOPICS

    1. Anti-German alliance
    2. The Berlin-Rome Axis
    3. The Spanish Civil War
    4. The rise of the Third Reich
    5. The Anschluss and the Münich Conference
    Anti-German alliance
    The Stresa Front Nazi foreign policy was clear about not resp
    áecting the treaty of Versailles
    revision of borders and agreements (Saarland, Rhineland, Danzig)
    disarmament of German Army
    Anschluss

    A diplomatic quarantine was being formed around Germany (the


    Stresa front) involving
    Britain
    France
    Italy

    In response, Germany and Japan entered into anti-communist


    cooperation in 1936 (the Anticomintern Pact), which Italy joined a year
    later.
    The Berlin-Rome Axis
    HITLER AND MUSSOLINI ALLY
    The Italian-German rapprochement was facilitated by
    Mussolini's conquest in Africa (Ethiopia):
    the Italian expansion was met with resistance by Britain and
    France
    Mussolini distanced himself from his allies
    Hitler acknowledge the Italian conquest

    In the autumn of 1936, Hitler and Mussolini agreed to


    coordinate their foreign policy:
    The Berlin-Rome axis was born (and Tokyo joined it in 1940)
    The Spanish Civil
    War
    1936-1939
    "THE DRESS REHEARSAL FOR WORLD WAR II"
    Robert Capa: The Death of a Loyalist
    The German floor bombing of Guernica
    Pablo Picasso: Guernica
    The rise of the Third Reich in
    Europe
    Hitler's Third Reich (Nazi Germany) pushed for an aggressive expansionist foreign policy:
    left the Conference on Military Disarmament in Geneva
    withdrew from the League of Nations.

    The former Entente powers (Great Britain and France) did not act with
    sufficient force against Hitler. The lack of reaction encouraged Hitler to
    continue to push forward.
    The advances of the Third
    Reich

    1935 1935 1936


    Hitler calls a Hitler introduces general Hitler invades the
    referendum in the conscription and starts demilitarised
    Saar region: 90% of rearmament. Rhineland.
    voters vote to join
    Germany.
    The Anschluss and the Münich
    Conference (1938)

    THE ANSCHLUSS MÜNICH CONFERENCE

    On 12 March 1938, German forces invaded In 1938, Hitler demanded that Czechoslovakia
    Austria. This led to the unification of Austria hand over the (German-majority) Sudetenland
    and Germany, (the Anschluss), which was to the Germans and threatened war.
    officially proclaimed in Vienna.
    The serious crisis was resolved by the action of
    Apart from a few empty threats from France British Prime Minister Chamberlain, and at the
    and England, the Germans met no Munich Conference in September 1938, Britain,
    resistance. France and Italy agreed to the German
    annexation of the Sudetenland.
    Neville Chamberlain, British PM (1937-1940)
    The settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem, which has now been achieved is, in my view, only the prelude to a larger
    settlement in which all Europe may find peace. This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler,
    and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. [...]

    I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
    German
    lands in
    early
    1939
    Anschluss with
    Austria (March 1938)
    Sudetenland (Sep-
    Nov 1938)
    Taking of
    Czechoslovakia
    (March 1939)

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