Question

What steps were taken by Hitler to militarise Germany?

Answer 1

Hint:
- Nazi Germany was the German state between 1933 and 1945, formally known as the German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party ruled the country and converted it into a dictatorship.
- Adolf Hitler is one of history's most well-known—and despised—figures. He orchestrated both World War II and the Holocaust as the head of Nazi Germany, acts that resulted in the deaths of at least 40,000,000 people.

Complete answer:
Wehrmacht (Defense force) of Germany - From 1935 to 1945, the Wehrmacht was Nazi Germany's unified armed forces. It was made up of the Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy), and Luftwaffe (air force) (air force). The name "Wehrmacht" supplanted the earlier term "Reichswehr" and represented the Nazi regime's intentions to rearm Germany to a larger extent than the Treaty of Versailles allowed.

Hilter took the following steps to militarise Germany:
- Hitler created the Army, Navy, and Luftwaffe (Air Force) from the ground up. This was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, but none of the allied governments objected since they were preoccupied with internal matters.
- In 1936, Hitler dispatched an army to take control of the Rhineland.
- In 1938, Hitler used the phrase "One People, One Empire, One Leader" to unite Austria and Germany.
- Hitler chose war as a means of accumulating resources in order to avoid an approaching economic crisis.
- By the end of 1940, Hitler had reached the pinnacle of his authority, and Germany had resurfaced as a major threat to European peace.

Note: Adolf Hitler's ascendance to power in 1933, one of his most overt and audacious moves was to establish the Wehrmacht, a modern offensively capable armed force that would help the Nazi regime achieve its long-term goals of regaining lost territory, gaining new territory, and dominating its neighbours. This necessitated the resumption of conscription as well as a major increase in the defence budget and investment in the arms sector.