HW 25

A. Rearmament refers to when Hitler expanded Germany's military, ignoring the Treaty of Versailles. Remilitarization was when Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland to take it back from the French. Anschluss refers to the union Germany formed with Austria in order to unite German-speaking people.

B. In 1934, Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles by increasing the size of his army to 300,000 men and building 2 battleships and 6 submarines. In 1935, Hitler announced that there would be compulsory military service, which would further expand the army. In 1936 the German army moved into the Rhineland, an action that was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. Germany also formed a union (anschluss) with Austria in 1938, once again going against the Treaty of Versailles.

Hitler seemed to be making a large amount of progress towards achieving his foreign policy goals by 1938. He had broken the Treaty of Versailles multiple times without any opposition, and had built up an intimidating military in doing so. He had also started to reclaim territory, such as the Rhineland, and he had some success in uniting the world's German-speaking countries, as seen in the anschluss with Austria.