1. Hitler needed military for his ambitious foreign policy
He began by appealing for disarmament, but began arming himself
Proclaimed he had the right to rearm because Germany is vulnerable
He reintroduced conscription and made an army of men
Hitler knew Britain had some sympathy for Germany and how harsh the t of v was

2. It was important for the defence of Germany
In 1936 he remilitarized the Rhineland which breached the t of v and the Locarno Pact. 32,000 armed police and troops
March 1936 renounced Locarno treaties
France only protested, last chance to stop Hitler

3. Attention towards former Austria Hungarian empire territories
Illegal under t of v
Mussolini prepared to except Austro-Germany
1936 Spanish civil war broke out and he helped Franco to win which distracts the western powers
To surround France with anti-democratic powers

4. Tested aerial bombings to destroy cities
October 1936 Rome-Berlin axis
Hitler hoped for an agreement with Britain
Some sympathy but would not produce a result
November 1936 Hitler signed anti-comintern pact with Japan- a pledge against communism (Italy joined 1937)

5. Hitler held Hossbach conference- a secret meeting where Hitler referred to overrunning Austria, Czechoslovakia, and a anti-British/French attitude