Why did Hitler take over Rhineland and Sudetenland?

Answer 1

To one's knowledge, other than gaining land from Poland to expand from.Hitler wanted to take over Europe, and eventually the world if possible. He considered all others (everyone) in the world to be inferior to the Germans. He wanted to create a "Aryan" race of blond hair blue eyed human beings who all spoke German. Countries such as Czech/Slovak Hung, Poland, were mere stepping stones in his plans for New World Order.

Answer 2

Why did Hitler invade Sudetenland?The Sudetenland contained 3.5 million Germans who had been cut off from the rest of Germany after the creation of Czechoslovakia by the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler felt he had a legitimate claim upon the area because he saw it as German land. Also, Sudeten Germans claimed they were victimized by the Czech government and wanted home rule or union with Germany. Britain was reluctant to involve herself because she had inadequate armed forces to do so and had no treaty obligations to Czechoslovakia. After the Bad Godesberg and Munich conferences the four main European powers (Britain, France, Italy and Germany) decided, without the presence of the Czech leader, to give the Sudetenland to Hitler over a ten day period. The Czechs had little alternative but to agree to Hitler's demands, as they had few allies and a weak army. (However they did have an alliance with France which they failed to honor) By the 1st of October 1938 the Sudetenland had been fully surrendered to Hitler.

Answer 3

he wanted to unite under his power all peoples who spoke German to form a larger unit (the "great" German Reich); naturally it was not all that easy to include them all, such as the German speaking Swiss...

Answer 4

Sudetenland is the northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited by German speaking population. Adolf Hitler in his drive to greater glory of Nazi Germany used this population as an excuse and eyed occupation of Sudetenland for expanding the borders. The appeasement policy of Western European nations like France and Britain encouraged Hitler and he subsequently annexed entire Czechoslovakia and started conquering more and more states in Europe.

Answer 5

it was part of Germany until 1806. after the first world war it became Czechoslovakia, the sudetenland was signed over to Germany under the Munich Agreement on 29th September 1938. Czechoslovakias head of state protested and Britain said they were unwilling to fight for the sudetenland. they were un able to defend themselves against Hitler

Answer 6

In Sudetenland the population was German. They were not Slavs as the rest of the country was. It originally did belong to Germany. Hitler wanted them back in the original Germany to be part of his "Pure Aryan" race Third Reich. The more detailed story is in the link below.

Answer 7

After WWI, Germany and Austria-Hungary were all divided up into smaller countries. When Hitler rose to power, he felt like Rhineland and Sudetenland rightfully belonged to Germany, because, in a sense, they did.

Answer 8

He felt that since german speaking people lived there, they should be part of germany

Answer 9

Many Germans lived in this area.