1. Hitler’s War or Chamberlain’s Blunder

2. Fiscal PeriodMillion Marks 1933-34750 1934-354,093 1935-365,492 1936-3710,271 1937-3810,963 1938-3917,247 German Military Expenditures

3. German Armed Forces 19321939 Warships3095 Aircraft368,250 Soldiers100,000950,000

4. Revising the Treaty of Versailles 1933 Announced Germany was suspending reparations payments Withdrew from the Disarmament Conference Withdrew from the League of Nations

5. Signs 10 year non- aggression pact with Poland to secure eastern border January 1934

6. 1935 Saar Plebiscite returns region to Germany Hitler announces German rearmament program Signs Anglo-German Naval agreement allows larger German navy than stipulated by Treaty of Versailles Italy invades Abyssinia (October)

7. 1936 March Rhineland Remilitarized Hitler sends in 10,000 troops July Nazi planes airlifted Franco’s troops from Morocco to Spain October Rome-Berlin Axis signed November Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan signed

8. 1937-38 Countdown to War Nov. 1937 Hossbach Memorandum Hitler reveals foreign policy March 1938 Anschluss troops sent into Austria becomes part of the German Reich May 1938 Sudeten Crisis Hitler demands Czechoslovakian Sudetenland for German lebensraum

10. 1939 March 15 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia March 31 Anglo-French guarantee Poland April 28 Hitler terminates Anglo-German Naval agreement and Non-aggression Pact with Poland August 23 Nazi-Soviet Pact

11. Sept.1- Germany Invades Poland Sept. 3- Britain and France declare war on Germany