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German armed forces 1932 and 1939

"The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even a moderate resistance." Adolf Hitler speech after German forces get into the Rhineland, 1936.

"At that time we had no army worth mentioning .... If the French had taken any action we would have been easily defeated; Our resistance would have been over in a few days. And the Air Force we had then was ridiculous - a few junkers 52s from Lufthansa and not even enough bombs for them..." Adolf Hitler speech after German forces get into the Rhineland, 1936.

HItler's next target was the strip of former German land in POland known as the Polish corridor. He had convinced himself that Britain and France would not risk war over this, but he was less sure about Stalin, the Russian leader.

Nazi Occupation of the Sudetenland

How Hitler Browbeated The Austrian Chancellor To Sign The Anschluss

Germany's Union ("Anschluss") With Austria. 1938

Hitler in Rhineland

Photograph of German troops marching into the Rhineland, March 1936.

The London newspapers did not agree that nobody wanted the British Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament members to come home and help defend Great Britain.

Cartoon by Leger on the dangers of German rearmament (10 December 1949). Tous droits réservés

Depth analysis of cartoons representing the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Good way to practice source analysis!

A British cartoon about the reoccupation of the Rhineland, 1936. "Pax Germanica" is Latin and means "Peace, German style".

David Low´s commentary on Anchluss, 1938, and European responses.

The Anschluss, or annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, was welcomed by the majority of Austrians. It led to discrimination against the Austrian Jews.

Here are some of the sources i found.