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This video explains the Anschluss and its events.

Brief summary of the Anschluss. Videos of the moment exactly

HITLER SAYS OCTOBER 1 Patience is at an End: Czechs must give us Territory Immediately or we will Fetch it Ourselves

On this day, Adolf Hitler announces an "Anschluss" (union) between Germany and Austria, in fact annexing the smaller nation into a greater Germany.

In "Germans to the Front," David Large charts the path from Germany's total demilitarization immediately after World War II to the appearance of the Bundeswehr, the West German army, in 1956. The book is the first comprehensive study in English of West Germany.

Four minute video that explains the Rearmament of germany

Germany and Soviet Russia joining to attack Poland

"FOR DEFENCE ONLY" Germany "I never did like the look of that old word"

The poster shows how the Germans, instead of triying to rebuild Germany and make "reparations" in it, they were preparing for another war, in order to make revenge for all the damaged that the "Triple Entente" brought them in and after the first world war. Diego Goldaracena and Juan Landolfo

this source show how Germany was treated too harshly specially with the reparation, leading people starve to death. this encouraged people to want revenge after the T. of Versailles and with the money they prepared for another war and people as Hitler used this to win the elections Mechi Anelo

Anschluss

This source is clearly from the allies' point of view. The image depicts Hitler pointing to forwards but metaphorically, he is poitning to the future.The soldiers turn into swastikas and later on into crosses meaning that they are being lead to the death. Posse and Helou

This cartoon shows how Hitler sent troops, first with a bad porpous and also shows how he sends inossent people to death. it is also a symbole that swastikas or nazis leaded to death and were terrible Mechi Anelo

"This cartoon by the British cartoonist David Low was published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 21 October 1939. Having destroyed Poland, Hitler and Stalin stroll down their now-shared frontier."

This British cartoon represents, the false alliance that Hitler and Stalin made in the Nazi-Soviet pact. The british people and other countries knew that Germany and the U.S.S.R, made this temporally alliance, not trusting each other. Diego Goldaracena and Juan Landolfo.

This is a cartoon by David Low, publish in 1939 on a newspaper. It shows how Hitler and Stalin relation was fake. Although their feet are tied together in their back they are both holding a gun. This show how both counties were allies for convenience but didn't trusted each other. Blatasar Querio and Julia Molmenti

American cartoon, 1939

This cartoon is clearly from the point of view of the allies. It conveys the situation of fear and shock from Poland who is set a trap (depicted as the red riding hood whilst the Soviets and the Nazis are drawn as the bear and the wolf). Posse and Helou

this cartoon was made from the part of the allies showing the sorprise of Poland produced by the Nazi Germany and the USSR, it also represents the surprise of the allies of this new alliance which was the straw that broke the camel's back. Poland was trapped and surpised by this new alliance Mechi Anelo

"This cartoon by the British cartoonist Sidney 'George' Strube appeared in the Daily Express on 3 October 1938. Chamberlain (on the right, with nothing but a hat and umbrella), confronts Mars (the God of War)."

Candela Zufriategui and Camila Carnemolla This source is from a british view. Churchil is shown standing against the war, always supporting the policy of appeasement.

It is a primary source because it was published on 3 October 1938 in the Daily Express. In this one Chamberlain is confronting Mars, who is the God of War for the ancient Roman religion. The sources´s message is that Chamberlain wanted to avoid war. He followed the policy of Appeasment in order to not make his country enter in another war. He was keen on not suffering such a devastation, as the one sufferend in the WW1, again. The perspective is from the British because it shows a very positive image of Chamberlain. It shows him as a hero.

Low's famous 'Stepping Stones to Glory' showed Hitler marching towards his goal ('Boss of the Universe') along a carpet laid across the backs of the 'spineless leaders of democracy'. The message of the source that Hitler is travelling down a 'road', and Low has even identified the first two steps correctly - 'Rearmament' and 'Rhineland'. But Low was able to do so because those were the two steps Hitler had already taken. He guesses Hitler's next step (Danzig) incorrectly, and the rest of the steps are marked with question marks. Low was claiming that Hitler was heading down a road to war and that everyone else as too scared or spineless to stand up to him.

Bruce Donald and Delfina Urso This source shows the Policy of Appeasement. It shows how Hitler was expanding his territory and nobody was trying to stop him.

This cartoon is from the London Evening Standar, a popular newspaper with a large readership in Britain. This source show the way in which Hitler toughly stepped though and mocked his rivals in order to achieve his goals. in the source we can see how Hitler gets higher each step, gaining power and defeating more people each time

The Goose-Step. Goosey Goosey Gander, wither dost thou wander? Only through the Rhineland, pray excuse my blunder!. Suggestion that the German Goose is equipped to domanite the Rhineland; artist: Ernest Howard Shepard. Published in Punch Magazine 18 March 1936.

The Goose-Step is a political cartoon by E. H. Shepard, drawn in 1936. The goose represent the German Army as it used to defile in what was called goose step, this source represent how the army was rearming and didn't care about other things such as the Locarno treaty Blatasar Querio and Julia Molmenti

Candela Zufriategui and Camila Carnemolla This cartoon shows that the remilitarisation of Rhineland which was the first action of Hitler gambling towards breaking the Treaty of Versailles. The "Locarno" paper which the goose stands on is representing that Germany was not going to respect the Locarno Treaty which was made to respect territory borders.