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Nazi Germany — Territorial expansion: Rhineland to Poland
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Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland and the Anschluss with Austria revealed how far the Western powers would go to avoid confrontation — and how that weakness shaped the road to war. This episode traces the ideology of Lebensraum from the page to the border crossing, and asks why the world stepped aside.
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Before the war started, most people in Europe assumed Hitler would eventually stop. Each move he made seemed like the last one he could possibly get away with.
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