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The Nazi-Soviet Pact, Poland and who was to blame

The Nazi-Soviet Pact, Poland and who was to blameFree2:33Heddy Score 3 of 7, below the standard
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What you need to know

  • Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933 and, within two months, the Enabling Act gave him dictatorial power.
  • He broke the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarising the Rhineland in 1936 and taking over Austria in 1938, while Britain and France did nothing.
  • At Munich in 1938, Britain and France agreed to give him the Sudetenland without asking Czechoslovakia, but he took the rest of the country six months later.
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939 secretly divided Poland, clearing the way for the German invasion on 1 September.
  • Britain and France declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland.

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Runs 2:33, from 1:33 to 4:06 of the full video.

Also coversThe Rhineland, the Axis and the Anschluss
Heddy Score3/7, Below the standard
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A brisk, map-led run through the steps from Hitler's rise to the invasion of Poland that makes appeasement easy to follow.

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