His reasons to support the Axis Powers as well as encourage the Arab revolt in the Palestine all eventually lead back to the ultimate weakening of Great Britain. ... He felt his troops were strong enough to fight against the British, and assured Hitler that his preparations were still going. ... One can see in hindsight that neither the Italians nor the Germans were very faithful to their verbal agreement at the time; while he was friendly to the British behind the Germans' backs, mistakenly assumed that Hitler would warn Italy in enough time before the Austrian invasion. ... Later in M...

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As it became evident that the policy of appeasement had failed in 1939 and that Britain would in fact go to war, the Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair expressed his feelings on the achievements of appeasement We have eaten dirt in vain This statement is clearly expressing the fact that Britain has tolerated the deceitful acts of Germany to no avail or successes. ... Hitler Reckoned that by the time those who were in a position to take any action were back at work it would all be over. ... Continuing with this view lord Lothian sated they are only going into there own back garden. ...

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On the night of 17 July 1936, the Spanish army, inspired most of all by General Franco, started the Spanish Civil War by rebelling against the Second Republic. A central goal of the rebels was the destruction of left-wing organisations. Franco's fellow officer, General Queipo de Llano, instructed hi...

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The burning of the Reichstag on February 27 1933, which was seen as an insult to the government, was followed the day after by the Reichstag Fire decree limiting the expression of the people, allowing the imprisonment of those who were considered as opponents to the Nazis and increasing the censure of any publication going against the Party. ... However, the document presents limitations as it's only an extract from a letter, so we can't know what comes before and after. ... In addition to that, a big censorship was enforced, banning any article going against the Nazi Party. ...

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