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World War II
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World War II
Tom V. After gaining power, Hitler aggresively built up the German military and in 1936, occupied the Rhineland, a formerly German area designated as a buffer zone to protect France.Britain and France were preoccupied with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and made little protest. By 1938, Germany had the most powerful military force in the world. In that same year, Hitler demanded and was given the Sudetanland in Czechoslovakia. It was highly populated with Germans and Hitler claimed to be liberating them. In 1939, through military intimidation, Hitler took all of Czechoslovakia and part of Lithuania (the Memel Territory). He next demanded the return of Danzig, a highly German populated free state. Poland refused; Britain and France pledged to support Poland. Fearing a war on two fronts which would eventually lead to his downfall, Hitler signed a nonagression pact with USSR leader, Joseph Stalin. The German army then invaded Poland and began World War II. After crushing the Poles, Hitler invaded Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and The Netherlands in quick succession. France fell in 1940. In 1941, Hitler made himself Personal Commander of the Army and, in 1942, Supreme War Lord. On July 20, 1944, a group of officers, angered by Hitler's recent military failing, set off a bomb in his office. He escaped unharmed. Hitler's plan to take Great Britain failed, largely due to poor results in air battles. When Italy lost momentum, Hitler conquered North Africa and Greece.By...
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