Adolf
Hitler officially announced the re-establishment of the
German armed services outside the terms allowable by the Versailles
Treaty on 1 April 1935.
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) was established with Hermann
Göring as its Commander-in-Chief on 1 April 1935.
Z10
Hans Lody Destroyer
Laid down 1 April 1935
F2
Escort
Launched 2 April 1935
The Stresa Front was an agreement made in Stresa, a town on
the banks of Lake Maggiore in Italy, between French foreign
diplomatic minister Pierre Laval, British PM Ramsay MacDonald,
and Italian PM Benito Mussolini on 14 April 1935. Officially
called the Final Declaration of the Stresa Conference, its
aim was to reaffirm the Locarno Treaties and to declare that
the independence of Austria would continue to inspire their
common policy. The signatories also agreed to resist any future
attempt by the Germans to change the Treaty of Versailles.
First and foremost for Benito Mussolini, it was another opportunity
to stage Fascist propaganda as the Benito Mussolini was portrayed
as an elder statesman and a keeper of the peace after the
failed Anschluss of 1934.
On 17 April 1935, The League of Nations formally condemned
the German government's decision to unilaterally renounce
the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty.
Z11
Bernd von Arnim Destroyer
Laid down 26 April 1935
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