HW 21

HW 21 -
1. Read Hitler's Germany Chapter 10 and answer questions A-B.

1.
Rearmament: The process of expanding the armed forces of a country; in the case of Germany, building it back up after the Treaty of Versailles ruined Germany's armed forces. The army expanded from 100,000 to 300,000 men, the navy built new ships and submarines, and an air force was supposed to be built.

Remilitarization: Hitler's process of rebuilding his military into something powerful enough to attack another country (i.e., the Rhineland).

Anschluss: The union of Germany and Austria as a single, large country.

B)
1934: Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by rearming Germany, expanding the armed forces, starting and air force, and building new naval ships and submarines.

1935: Hitler publicly announced that there would be a compulsory military service and that the army would be built up to 550,000, causing panic amongst Germany's neighbors.

1936: Hitler ordered his army to march into the Rhineland, which violated the part of the V.T. that said Germany's armies were not to go within 50 KM of the River Rhine.

1938: Hitler began planning Anschluss, which was forbidden by the Versailles Treaty.