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The Heinkel He 111, one of the technologically advanced aircraft that were designed and produced illegally in the 1930s as part of the clandestine German rearmament. German rearmament (Aufrüstung, German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ̯fˌʀʏstʊŋ]) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles which required German ...
The Four Year Plan was a series of economic measures initiated by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany in 1936. Hitler placed Hermann Göring in charge of these measures, making him a Reich Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) whose jurisdiction cut across the responsibilities of various cabinet ministries, including those of the Minister of Economics, the Defense Minister and the Minister of ...
Germany's international treaty obligations would not allow such extensive rearmament, so Hitler withdrew from the Geneva disarmament talks and from the League of Nations in October 1933. [31] The German government feared that this might provoke immediate war with France at the time, but it did not.
Polish resistance satirical poster – "New European Order" (German: Die Neuordnung Europas) – Polish reaction to Hitler's plans to establish a "new order" in Europe, under the domination of Nazi Germany. In the middle: Adolf Hitler; background: imprisoned European nations (France, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Greece ...
1 March — Following the referendum on 13 January, Germany retakes the Saar region from League of Nations control. [2] 11 March — The German Air force, the Luftwaffe, is officially created in a proclamation by Hermann Göring; 16 March — Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
The military superiority of Germany was a defining element of Hitler's ideology and foreign policy, which made the idea of disarmament unacceptable. [17] As soon as Hitler rose to power, he began the process of rearming Germany, clearly defying both the Treaty of Versailles and the objective of the Disarmament Conference. [17]
Contending historians have also pointed out that rearmament is an integral part of a preparation for conflict. In response, Taylor argued that Hitler's policy was a bluff (he wished to rearm Germany to frighten and intimidate other states) to allow him to achieve his foreign policy goals without going to war.
In such a situation, Germany, contrary to its obligations under the Treaty of Versailles, would have to rearm the Reichswehr. [4] Hitler and Mussolini in Munich (1940). Speech by Hitler to the cheering crowds at Vienna's Heldenplatz on the annexation of Austria, March 15, 1938.