B) Rearmament Flashcards

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Hitler made a clear statement at the Disarmament conference between 1932-1934 that no other countries had disarmed in the 1920s.

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In May 1933 he promised not to rearm Germany so long as if in five years all major nations had disarmed

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What year did Hitler come to power?

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1933

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In June 1933 Britain produced a plan to disarm but it was rejected by the conference

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In October 1933 Hitler took Germany out of the conference and soon out of the League all together

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Rearmament initially began in secret

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In 1934 Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Poland which have Hitler time to rearm and weakened the alliance between Poland and France

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Conscription was reintroduced in 1935

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Rearmament helped to reduce the rates of unemployment and make Germany stronger, just as Hitler has promised

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In 1934 the Conference collapsed when all countries refused to disarm

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Germany celebrated with a military rally celebrating their armed forces

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The British supported rearmament in Germany because they thought the ToV was too harsh and a strong Germany would help to fight against Communism

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It also boosted Nazi support

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Britain had already helped to dismantle the Treaty by creating the Anglo-German naval agreement in 1935

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This allowed Germany to increase their navy up to 35% the size of Britain’s

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