Date Cause Details of Event Consequence
January 1934- - Poland had a strong army by - Polish military manoeuvres in Danzig - Germany’s eastern border
German-Polish 1933 as it bordered Germany convinced Germany to negotiate- with was now secure and
Non Aggression and USSR rearmament programme being in its remilitarisation could be
Pact - Poles considered a pre-emptive infancy it was not ready for war pursued
strike on Germany before they - Promised not to go to war for at least 10 - French diplomatic influence in
remilitarised but support from years Eastern Europe was severely
France was not forthcoming reduced
July 1934- - Hitler always dreamt of a united - German Nazis encouraged their - Anschluss was not
attempted Austria and Germany Austrian counterparts to murder abandoned in the long term
Anschluss - Mussolini’s attempt to install Dollfuss on 25 July 1934 in an - Over the next 2 years Nazi
Engelbert Dollfuss as an anti- attempted coup d’etat foreign policymakers
Nazi Austrian Chancellor - Mussolini sent Italian troops to the cultivated a friendlier
Austrian border relationship with Italy
- German military was not ready so Hitler
abandoned it
January 1935- - Saar bordered France and - Plebiscite on 13th January 1935 was - Convinced many foreign
Saar plebiscite contained rich resources of coal overseen by foreign officials who powers of Hitler’s moral
- Many anti-Nazis fled to the Saar declared that voting was conducted authority
when Hitler came to power fairly - Nazi propaganda campaign
- Saar was a test of popularity of - 90% voted for the Saar to be under had alarmed the British and
the Nazi regime German control French
January 1934- - Poland had a strong army by - Polish military manoeuvres in Danzig - Germany’s eastern border
German-Polish 1933 as it bordered Germany convinced Germany to negotiate- with was now secure and
Non Aggression and USSR rearmament programme being in its remilitarisation could be
Pact - Poles considered a pre-emptive infancy it was not ready for war pursued
strike on Germany before they - Promised not to go to war for at least 10 - French diplomatic influence in
remilitarised but support from years Eastern Europe was severely
France was not forthcoming reduced
July 1934- - Hitler always dreamt of a united - German Nazis encouraged their - Anschluss was not
attempted Austria and Germany Austrian counterparts to murder abandoned in the long term
Anschluss - Mussolini’s attempt to install Dollfuss on 25 July 1934 in an - Over the next 2 years Nazi
Engelbert Dollfuss as an anti- attempted coup d’etat foreign policymakers
Nazi Austrian Chancellor - Mussolini sent Italian troops to the cultivated a friendlier
Austrian border relationship with Italy
- German military was not ready so Hitler
abandoned it
January 1935- - Saar bordered France and - Plebiscite on 13th January 1935 was - Convinced many foreign
Saar plebiscite contained rich resources of coal overseen by foreign officials who powers of Hitler’s moral
- Many anti-Nazis fled to the Saar declared that voting was conducted authority
when Hitler came to power fairly - Nazi propaganda campaign
- Saar was a test of popularity of - 90% voted for the Saar to be under had alarmed the British and
the Nazi regime German control French
