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Foreign policy:
Contrary to the victim narrative, Germany was an aggressor against other Europeans and intentionally sought war for their own gain.
Here is a list of annexations that are the direct result of coercion:
"Yes. Nearly all of Nazi Germany’s territorial annexations after the Saar were secured by coercion—threat of force, military pressure, ultimatums, or outright invasion. The Saar (1935) is the main exception, as it followed a League of Nations plebiscite.
Here is the sequential list of the coercive ones:
- Austria (Anschluss), 12–13 March 1938
Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg was forced to resign after German political pressure, Nazi agitation inside Austria, and the threat of invasion. German troops crossed the border the same day; the annexation was presented as a response to an “invitation” extracted under duress.
- Sudetenland, 1–10 October 1938
Czechoslovakia was compelled to cede the territory under the Munich Agreement. Hitler had ordered military preparations and threatened war; Britain and France pressured Prague to accept rather than face Germany alone. Czechoslovakia was not a party to the final negotiations.
- Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate), 15–16 March 1939
German forces occupied the remaining Czech lands. President Hácha was summoned to Berlin, threatened with the bombing of Prague, and forced to sign an agreement placing the territory under German “protection.” This violated the Munich settlement.
- Memel Territory (Klaipėda), 22–23 March 1939
Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding the return of the territory. Lithuanian leaders, facing the prospect of immediate military action, signed the cession under that pressure.
- Danzig and western/northern Poland, September–October 1939
After Poland rejected German demands regarding Danzig and an extraterritorial corridor, Germany invaded. The Free City of Danzig and large western and northern areas (later Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia and Reichsgau Wartheland) were annexed by force; the rest of Poland was occupied.
- Eupen-Malmedy, May 1940
Annexed after the German conquest of Belgium and placed under civil administration attached to the Reich.
- Luxembourg, July–August 1940 (de facto)
Occupied during the western campaign and placed under a Chief of Civil Administration; effectively incorporated into the Reich (formal annexation decree followed in 1942).
- Alsace and Lorraine, August 1940 (de facto)
Occupied after the fall of France and attached to neighboring German Gaue under civil administration. Treated as integral Reich territory without a negotiated treaty.
- Northern Slovenia (Lower Styria, Upper Carniola, parts of Carinthia), April 1941
Annexed de facto after the invasion of Yugoslavia and placed under civil administration attached to neighboring Austrian Gaue.
- Białystok district, July–August 1941
Detached from occupied Soviet territory after the invasion of the USSR and attached administratively to East Prussia under a Chief of Civil Administration.
In each case the outcome was produced by German military or political pressure rather than free consent. Occupations that remained under military or civilian occupation authorities without formal or de-facto incorporation into the Reich (e.g., much of Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, or the General Government) are not listed here as annexations."
-Germany had also been orienting itself for war with Poland for the same reasons. Neville Chamberlain let Germany annex Klaipeda, Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia until Poland, at that point the appeasement policy of Chamberlain was no longer tenable as Germany's aggression had reached an ally. Hitler and the NSDAP intentionally created the conditions for war, especially with their alliance with the Soviet Union for their own interests, not as part of some kind of White defense. This led to the destruction of Europe and massive damage to our collective gene pool. Hitler and his cronies were worthless, mediocre pieces of garbage and National Socialism is a illegitimate ideology.