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What reason did Hitler give for taking Austria and the Sudetenland?
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Who did Hitler take over first?
The first expansion of the Third Reich under Hitler was into Austria, which was annexed without a military conflict in 1938. Then Czechoslovakia, first by taking the Sudetenland and later by invading the whole country. Hitler's first act of war was the attack on Poland in 1939.
What part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler demand?
Hitler believed that there was a vast majority of Sudeten Germans in the Sudeten Land, and that by taking over it he was only complying with Wilson's idea of self-determination. He also thought that if in a later war he were to be attacked by the Russians that it would act as a first line of defence. Also by taking over Czechoslovakia he would be that one step closer to Poland and his policy of expanding East.
What 2 countries was Hitler able to occupy as part of appeasement?
Technically it was one country but got split into two.Back in 1938, Czech Republic and Slovakia were one country, "Czechoslovakia". Parts of western Czech Republic had lots of German people living in them; this region was called Sudetenland. Hitler demanded Sudetenland, because he felt that German people should live in Germany (at least that's what he said). The leaders of France and England met with Hitler at Munich to decide what to do.After the Munich Agreement allowed him to take the Sudetenland (even though nobody bothered to ask Czechoslovakia if that was ok), Hitler used this to weaken the Czechoslovakian government and military. About six months after taking Sudetenland, Hitler invited the president of Czechoslovakia to meet him in Berlin, where Hitler informed the president that Germany was invading. The president had a heart attack, and Germany did in fact invade. The Slovakian part of Czechoslovakia was separated out and made into its own country, but this new country was mostly under Germany's control too.Perhaps you are also thinking of Austria? Austria was not part of the Munich Agreement, which is what "appeasement" typically refers to. Austria and Germany had been forbidden from merging by the treaties that ended World War I, and Hitler chose to ignore this. The Allies were not consulted, nor did they really do anything except complain when it happened.
How did Hitler use the League of Nations as an excuse to take over territory in Europe?
hitler knew after taking Rhineland by surprise, he shouldnt take Sudetenland by the same way, so he asked for a meeting with League of nations ( which the league of nation never expected from a dictator) and asked for Sudetenland, and the league gave it to him, (appeasement). PS: as far as I know hitler didnt use the league of nation for anything else other then this.
Why did Hitler feel justified in taking over Austria and the Sudetenland's?
The Sudetenland had always been part of Germany until the victorious Allies simply took it from Germany in 1919 and gave it away to the newly established Czech Republic.When the Empire of Austria-Hungary fell apart after 1918, the German-speaking part (today's Austria) had itself requested permission from the Allies to be made part of Germany. This request was then denied. Although the Anschluss of both countries was and is often painted as an act of agression by Germany, it had at the time wide support in Austria, and not only among Austrian Nazis.
What is studetenland?
Spelling! Sudetenland. The Sudetenland was part of Germany until 1806 and of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1866. After WWI and under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles the Sudetenland (some 11,000 square miles) became part of Czechoslovakia. As this was a German-speaking area, Hitler naturally claimed it for the Third Reich. The German annexation of the Sudetenland was what was agreed to at Munich in 1938. What Chamberlain and the Allies should have noticed was that the Sudetenland included nearly all Czechoslovakia's defensive works on the German border. Once it was occupied, the taking of the remainder of the country was a mere formality.
What are the landmarks of appeasement in World War 2?
Prior to World War II, Britain tried a strategy of appeasement with Hitler. It didn't work, and Hitler ended up taking Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Why did people living within the sudentenland support Hitler taking over this region?
Most people in the Sudetenland did not support Nazi Germany's annexation of the region; they simply were not consulted. The minority who did were primarily ethnic Germans who saw the annexation as a further union of German states to Germany. This is the same reason why the majority of Austrians supported Anschluss in 1938.
What did France and England do to try to avoid war with Hitler?
The Allies (including France and England) had made an agreement with Germany after the first World War called the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler broke the Treaty by doing things like marching troops into the Rhineland in 1936, but the first thing he did when the Nazis came to power in 1933 was build up the army and air force. These things were all forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, but the Allies used appeasement - the policy of giving in to avoid war - which lead to Hitler taking over Austria and the Sudetenland, then a few months later the rest of Czechoslovakia (as it was called then) and finally Poland, which caused Britain and France to declare war.
What city in Germany was the first spot Hitler started taking over during world war 2?
By the time WW II started (on September 1, 1939) Hitler had taken over all of Germany plus Austria and Czechoslovakia. WW II started with his invasion of Poland.
How did Britain and us help Hitler and Mussolini set stage for world war 2?
The US, but mainly Britain enabled Hitler to continue taking over lesser countries and defy the treaty of Versailles by not doing anything. They did not want another war, so they let Hitler blatently ignore the treaty and invade Chzechoslovakia, Poland, & Austria unchallenged.
What were the first 3 countries Hitler took over?
Adolf Hitler's first territorial objective, which he achieved, was ordering the annexation of Austria and the Sudentenland in 1938. His other territorial objectives included invading Poland, which was achieved on September 1, 1939, and the occupation of Czechoslovakia, achieved in March 1938.
