Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II

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Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II refers to the series of aggressive territorial gains achieved through political pressure, annexations, and occupations in Europe prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foreign policy strategy
historical process
territorial expansion
contributedTo collapse of the interwar international order
outbreak of World War II
country Germany NERFINISHED
enabledBy appeasement policy of Britain and France
weakness of the League of Nations
followedBy German military campaigns in World War II
geographicRegion Europe NERFINISHED
goal acquisition of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe
revision of the Treaty of Versailles
unification of all ethnic Germans
ideologicalBasis Lebensraum doctrine
Nazism NERFINISHED
pan-Germanism
justificationUsed reversal of perceived injustices of Versailles
self-determination of Germans
keyEvent Anschluss of Austria NERFINISHED
Anti-Comintern Pact NERFINISHED
Munich Agreement NERFINISHED
Nazi–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact negotiations
Rome–Berlin Axis formation NERFINISHED
annexation of the Memel Territory
annexation of the Saar after the 1935 plebiscite
creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
establishment of the Slovak client state
occupation of the Sudetenland
occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia
pressure on Poland over Danzig and the Polish Corridor
remilitarization of the Rhineland NERFINISHED
withdrawal from the League of Nations
leader Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
method annexation
diplomatic coercion
military threat
occupation
political pressure
opposedBy Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
policyInstrument bilateral treaties with neighboring states
propaganda about ethnic Germans abroad
rearmament
threat of war
politicalRegime Nazi regime
precededBy Weimar Republic foreign policy NERFINISHED
timePeriodEnd 1939
timePeriodStart 1933

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German annexation of the Hlučín Region partOf Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II