There were three big moments for Canada and the world from 1930 to 1945. These defining moments are, the German annexations and when the Munich Agreement was signed, Canada’s role in the Manhattan Project and the Gouzenko Affair. These moments would shape the world the world from 1945 until the present day. The thesis for my essay is that these moments brought, ended and almost brought us back to war. In March 1936, against his general’s wishes, Adolf Hitler sent in a small military force to remilitarize the Rhineland. This was a blatant violation of the Treaty of Versailles and would have warranted French retaliation, however not a single shot was fired. This annexation was eventually accepted by the allied governments. Next for Germany was Austria. While the …show more content…
While the Chancellor expected a majority vote for independence, on 11, March 1938, the Austrian Nazi Party seized control of government institutions two days before the vote. They then quickly transferred power to German government and Germany again took more territory without bloodshed. The British reaction was quite moderate, with some comparing it to Anglo-Scot union. British Prime Minister remarked "The hard fact is that nothing could have arrested what has actually happened unless this country and other countries had been prepared to use force."[1] Before this, in 1937 Prime Minister Mackenzie King traveled to England to attend the Imperial Conference where he supported a declaration passed by the Imperial Conference supporting the policy of appeasement towards Germany. King later visited Germany to meet Hitler for himself and personally judged the intentions of the Nazi regime. King was charmed by Hitler and left Germany believing that the Hitler was not intent upon aggression expression. He thought that Hitler only wanted to restore the country to its pre-Treaty of Versailles status. The idea was that Germany would only bring those areas with German speaking populations