international crisis over alleged abuses to ethnic Germans in the Sudeten area of western
Czechoslovakia, Britain and France joined Italy in signing the Sudetenland over to
Germany at the Munich Conference. In March 1939, German troops completed the
dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Belatedly, Britain and France moved to guarantee
Poland’s integrity. Hitler, undeterred, concluded (August 1939) the Nazi-Soviet Pact,
which cleared the way for his attack on Poland on September 1. He was surprised but
prepared when France and Britain declared war on September 3. The pact with the USSR
provided him the opportunity to crush his enemies in the west piecemeal.
Adolf Hitler?s rise to power was partly because of excellent timing; Germany was
looking for someone to save their economy and do away with the Weimar Rupublic,
which germans no longer had any faith in its effectiveness. The person the people chose
was Adolf Hitler. His rise was also due to planning. Hitler used propaganda to convince
Germany he was the person to save them. He new the rise of nationalism would unite
Germany behind him and give him a strong hold over the government. Hitler controlled
everything in government and he won much support by being the major figure in
Germany?s economic recovery. Hitler was a brilliant leader as far as gaining control and
building a strong, successful country. His rise to power would change the world and the
future forever.