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5. Germany refused to pay any more reparations, walked out of the World Disarmament Conference and left the League of Nations

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7. Non-Aggression Pact with Poland 1934 Germany signed a non-aggression pact with Poland in January 1934. Hitler signed this for various reasons, including: He hoped to weaken the alliance that already existed between Poland and France. He hoped to reduce the Polish fears of German aggression. He wanted to show that he didn’t have a quarrel with Poland, merely with the USSR.

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9. Re-occupation of the Rhineland Saar-coal-rich land taken from Germany by the League of Nations. 1935, a vote (plebiscite) among the people shows 90% of people want to unite with Germany 1936, while the League deals with Abyssinia, Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland. Hitler had ordered the men to retreat if they met any resistance. The French overstimated the power of the German army, and didn’t resist. 1935

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13. Attempted union of Anschluss with Austria Hitler wanted to include all the seven million austrian German-speaking people in his Reich. During the meeting with the Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg, held in February 1938, Hitler forced him to accept the union with Germany and also demanded Schuschnigg’s resignation and his replacement by Seyss-Inquart, who immediately requested the assistance of Germany in restoring order. Hitler, supported by Mussolini, ordered the German army into Austria on 12 March 1938 proclaiming the Anschluss to have taken place.

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15. The Munich Conference Adolf wanted to also take the "Sudetenland" region of Czechslovakia and make the territory a part of Germany. On 29 September 1938 the Munich Conference was called. Here Hitler met with representatives of the heads of state from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. An agreement was reached that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland provided he promised not to invade anywhere else. All four countries signed the agreement: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Neville Chamberlain (UK), Edouard Daladier (France), and Benito Mussolini (Italy).1938

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17. WAR