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The events in Europe that preceded the outbreak of World War II can be divided into two periods.
The first period (1933-1936) was associated with the advent of the NSDAP in Germany, the strengthening of its power, the Nazification of all spheres of life in Germany and the accumulation of internal reserves to prepare for revenge for defeat in the First World War. First of all, it is about the revision of the Versailles Peace Treaty in terms of implementing the course of Adolf Hitler towards achieving military parity with the leading world powers. Already on October 14, 1933, Germany announced the withdrawal from the League of Nations. In January 1935, as a result of a German plebiscite, the Saar, which had previously been under the protectorate of the League of Nations, was returned to Germany, and in March Hitler announced the severance of the Treaty of Versailles and the restoration of universal military service, that is, the creation of a regular army of the Reich - Wehrmacht, including the Luftwaffe. On June 18 of the same year, a German-British naval agreement was concluded. In 1936, the German army entered the demilitarized Rhine region. In the same year, in connection with the Spanish Civil War, the Berlin-Rome axis was created and the Anti-Comintern Pact was signed with Japan.
The second period occurred in 1936-1939, when the leadership of Nazi Germany, without resorting to a direct military confrontation, on the pretext of fighting the communist threat, began to introduce a force component into its foreign policy, constantly forcing Great Britain and France to make concessions and compromise. During these years, Nazi Germany created a bridgehead for the future war: in March 1938, the Anschluss of Austria was carried out; in September 1938 - March 1939, the Czech Republic and Klaipeda Territory were annexed to Germany.
By 1939, two military-political blocs of great powers took shape, in which Britain and France opposed Germany and Italy, to which Japan gravitated. The USSR and the USA took a wait and see attitude, hoping to use the war between these blocks in their interests.
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