Images - The Military, Foreign Policy, and War

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11.	Flag Ceremony and Swearing-In of Recruits in Berlin (November 7, 1935) This photograph shows recruits in the Potsdam garrison of the Wehrmacht at their swearing-in ceremony on November 7, 1935, in Berlin’s Lustgarten. At the left, Minister of War Werner von Blomberg....
12.	Wehrmacht Units Occupy the Demilitarized Rhineland Zone: The First Troops March Into Koblenz (March 1936) On March 7, 1936, about 30,000 German soldiers marched into the Rhineland, which had been demilitarized after the end of the First World War. As always, Hitler's aggressive policy was accompanied....
13.	Düsseldorf Residents Greet German Troops during the Occupation of the Rhineland (March 10, 1936) On March 7, 1936, about 30,000 German soldiers marched into the Rhineland, which had been demilitarized since the end of the First World War. As always, Hitler's aggressive policy was accompanied....
14.	Werner von Blomberg, Hermann Göring, Werner von Fritsch, and Adolf Hitler at the "Reich Party Rally for Work," Nuremberg (September 1937) At the end of 1937, Hitler believed that Germany's economic and military-strategic situation would soon permit the launching of a successful war of conquest. But when he shared his plans with the....
15.	Adolf Hitler on a State Visit to Benito Mussolini in Rome (1938) Since the 1920s, Hitler had greatly admired Italian dictator Benito Mussolini both personally and politically, and he considered Fascist Italy a natural ally for the German Reich. At first, however,....
16.	Cheering Austrians Greet Adolf Hitler in his Hometown of Braunau am Inn (March 12, 1938) Because of the German-Italian rapprochement after 1935, the new Austrian government under Chancellor....
17.	Referendum on the Annexation [Anschluss] of Austria to the German Reich: Advertisement for "Yes" Votes in Hamburg (April 1, 1938) Like many of his most spectacular domestic and foreign policy actions, Hitler also had the Austrian annexation [Anschluss] retroactively approved by a referendum. On April 10, 1938, the Nazis....
18.	Group Photo of the Participants in the Munich Conference (September 29, 1938) Hitler had only reluctantly agreed to the Munich Conference, and he regarded the agreement....
19.	Hitler Signs the Munich Agreement (September 30, 1938) The successful "annexation" of Austria in March 1938 convinced Hitler that the time had come for the....
20.	Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler’s Joint Resolution "Never to Go to War with One Another Again" (September 30, 1938) Hitler's aggressive foreign policy had always been accompanied by declarations of his peaceful intentions. After signing the Munich....
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