Adolf Hitler. Foreign Policy and Territorial Expansion

Hitler ordered the remilitarization of the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone established by the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany annexed Austria, which Hitler considered a reunification of German-speaking peoples.

Germany, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom signed the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.