Fiercely proud German people are utterly humiliated.

Punishing terms of the Treaty of Versailles rub salt in the wounds.

Global industrial power is limited to an army of only 100,000 men and loses territory.

Germans feel very put upon by the treaty of her side because it essentially says that the Germans are guilty of starting the war.

There's no question that most Germans felt outraged by the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

The shrinking of the army to just 100,000 and the loss of territory on these massive reparations which everybody knew we're gonna have serious economic consequences on the reason they objected was because it implied that Germany was responsible for the first World War and this was their punishment.

How could their powerful nation of lost and why are they made to see land to lesser nations?

Territorial losses are quite significant.

They lose territory in the east, to the poles into the checks, and they have.

They're forced to demilitarize the Ryland so they can't use it as a launch pad for a renewed invasion of Belgium and France.

Feeding on the resentment a populist rebel rouser taps into wounded German pride and promises to take back what has been lost.

Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party start to build a mass following.

German people see him as a savior man to restore their once great nation.

There was a feeling in Germany that most Germans felt when the Versailles Treaty was passed, that the provisions were unnecessarily draconian, both at the loss of territory and also these massive war reparations.

On what the verse I treaty did in effect is blamed Germany for the first World War, where as many Germans felt that actually they were no more responsible in any of the other countries.

And so this rankled today won't defy Hitler correctly.

Diagnosis that Germans is suffering a great deal of political and economic insecurity.

What they need most of all is a sense of unity and a sense of economic security is kind of a floor underneath them, and the Nazis provide this by talking about, you know, state intervention in all sorts of areas to create employment, building the auto bonds, things like that.

Hitler's hair shaft isn't an ares yon associate demise, contortion.

And for excuses, Hitler linked is not enough.

Deep forced lifting this messiah for targets also cuffed in violation of the treaty.

Hitler builds up his army, testing the tolerance of the allies, gambling that no one wants to start another war, introduces compulsory military service in 1935 and marches back into the Rhineland.

We're following year with 30,000 troops.

If you think about Hitler's long term plan, it is to consolidate his position on the European continent, defeat the Western powers France and Britain.

And then he's gonna turn his attention to the East, which he sees as the natural field for German expansion.

A place for that.

He can then build out the German population, gather in resource is and defeat the monster of Bolshevism, which he sees as being kind of a blood enemy of fascism.

When the Nazis brazen, they're marching to Austria on the 12th of March 1938 they are greeted with open arms by the Austrian people.

The Western allies do nothing since my Eema catatonic Uchida's Messiah Qatargas feeling Fellini and club.

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Erskine with Austrian are in German hands.

Hitler makes public is gold to incorporate areas of Czechoslovakia into the growing German footprint.

It's a country rich in natural resources, like I am statements alarmed the allies, but still they want to avoid conflict.

September 1938.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flies to Germany three times to attempt to dissuade Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia.

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If it first, you don't succeed, Die, die, die again.

That's what I'm doing.

On his third visit, he joins French Prime Minister Edward de la Guardia on Benito Mussolini of Italy at what becomes known as the Munich Conference.

They agree with Hitler.

Germany.

Can Alex, the German speaking to date on land but not make an attempt to invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?

The following morning, Chamberlain signs a separate agreement with Hitler, a peace deal between Britain and Germany.

Chamberlain is greeted as a hero.

Chamberlain returns to Heston Airport in London waves.

This piece of paper's that talks about peace in our time on this is a separate deal that he has done privately with Hitler, his name upon it as well as mine eyes averted.

War is absolutely no question that Hitler is absolutely chomping at the bit to go in with all guns blazing into checkers.

Vacuum that has been avoided by the agreement sang last night when the Anglo German naval agreement, symbolic of the desire of our two peoples, you never have to go to war with one another.

Chamberlain delivers his speech.

German forties.

Prepare to march into the skating.

March 1939.

Hitler invades the wrist of Czechoslovakia.

It is clear that Hitler's plan isn't just to regain territory to expand Germany's borders further east.

His intention, ultimately, is to create a huge German empire in Central and Eastern Europe.

Are they prepared to go to war?

So he's just got to keep pushing slowly but surely on one after another, these crucial countries Austria, Czechoslovakia, Slowly, the dominoes will fall, and he's gonna be able to carve out for himself this huge new empire.