The Plotting of Aggressive War
- Introduction
- 1933-1936
- Formulation and execution of plans to invade Austria and Czechoslovakia
- Formulation and execution of the plan to invade Poland
- Expansion into general war of aggression: Scandinavia, the Low Countries, the Balkans
- Aggression against the USSR
- Collaboration with Japan: Precipitation of the Pearl Harbor attack
- Legal references and list of documents relating to the plotting of aggressive war
Preparation for aggression: 1933-1936
- Introduction
- Planning to overthrow the Versailles Treaty
- Economic and financial preparations for aggressive war
- Renunciation of armament provisions of Versailles Treaty
- Secret rearmament
- Assurances
- Reoccupation of the Rhineland
- Legal references and list of documents relating to preparation for aggression: 1933-1936
Aggression against Austria
- Events leading up to the Autumn of 1937 and the strategic position of the National Socialists in Austria
- Assurances & reassurances, Temporary countenance of a Quiet Pressure policy
- Germany’s continuing program of weakening the Austrian government
- Nazi demands & demonstrations, Schuschnigg’s concessions, Germany’s diplomatic preparations for conquest
- Pressure & threats resulting in further concessions: Berchtesgaden, 12 February 1930
- Events culminating in the German invasion of 12 March 1938
- The order to invade Austria, communications with Rome, Appointment of Seyss-Inquart as Chancellor
- Appointment of Seyss-Inquart Page
- The invasion and absorbtion of Austria
- Legal references and list of documents relating to aggression against Austria
The execution of the plan to invade Czechoslovakia
- Development of the Nazi program of aggression
- The background of friendly diplomatic relations
- Planning for aggression
- Final preparations for the attack
- The campaign within Czechoslovakia
- Planning for the conquest of the remainder of Czechoslovakia
- Extension of Fifth Column activity
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- Occupation of Czechoslovakia under threat of military force
- The importance of Czechoslovakia in future aggressions
- Legal references and list of documents relating to the execution of the plan to invade Czechoslovakia
Opening address for the United Kingdom
- Introduction
- Historical development of relevant law
- Hitler misleads Polish State with false assurances
- The initiation and waging of aggressive war
- The seizure of Czechoslovakia
- Nazi plans to seize Danzig and the Memel-land, Hitler seeks justification for invasion of Poland
- German battle plan issued, Italy urges caution
- The invasion of Norway, Denmark, Belgium and the Low Countries
- Invasion of Low Countries Page
- The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia
- The Invasion of Russian
- Summary
Aggression as a basic Nazi idea: Mein Kampf
Treaty violations
- Introduction
- The Hague Convention of 1899
- The Hague Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, and the conventional relative to the opening of hostilities, 1907
- The Hague Convention #5, respecting the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in case of war on land, 1907
- Nazi guarantees to Danzig and Memel
- Nazi guarantees to Czechoslovakia, Bohemia and Moravia
- Armament Limitations
- Treaty between the United States and Germany restoring friendly relations, Treaty of Mutual Guarantee, Locarno, 1925
- Arbitration Treaties, Locarno, the League of Nations Declaration, Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928
- Nazi assurances to Austria & Czechoslovakia, Munich Agreement
- Legal references and list of documents relating to treaty violations
Aggression against Poland, Danzig, England and France
Aggression against Norway and Denmark
Aggression against Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
- Applicable treaties, Nazi guarantees, Nazi military outlook
- Military assumptions, Nazi assurances to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
- Nazi hypocrisy: Hitler orders military preparation
- Invasion begins
- Legal references and list of documents relating to aggression against Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Aggression against Greece and Yugoslavia
Aggression against the USSR
- Inception of the plan
- Plan Barbarossa
- Military planning and preparation for the implementation of Barbarossa
- Plans for the economic exploitation and spoilation of the USSR
- Preparation for the political phase of the aggression
- The motives for the attack
- Legal references and list of documents relating to the aggression against the USSR
Collaboration with Italy and Japan and aggressive war against the United States: November 1936 to December 1941
