Werner Mölders began receiving fighter pilot instructions
on 1 January 1935 at the flying school in Tutow, Germany and
the Jagdfliegerschule near Munich, Germany.
Wilhelm
Canaris was appointed head of the German Abwehr (Military
Intelligence Department) on 1 January 1935.
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Max Schulz Destroyer
Laid down 2 January 1935
On 3 January 1935, Ethiopia appealed to the League of Nations
for arbitration in the Walwal incident. But the League's response
was inconclusive. The following analysis of an Arbitration
Committee belonging to League of Nations absolved both parties
from any charge. Shortly after Ethiopia's initial appeal,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval of France and Foreign
Secretary Samuel Hoare met with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
in Rome.
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Richard Beitzen Destroyer
Laid down 7 January 1935
A meeting between Pierre Laval and Benito Mussolini on 7 January
1935 resulted in the Franco–Italian Agreement. This treaty
gave Italy parts of French Somaliland, redefined the official
status of Italians in French held Tunisia, and essentially
gave the Italians a free hand in dealing with Ethiopia. In
exchange for this, France hoped for Italian support against
German aggression.
A plebiscite was held in the territory on 13 January 1935.
With Adolf
Hitler anxious for the propaganda advantages of the return
of the Saar to Germany, Joseph
Goebbels designed a concerted campaign to sway voters.
The support of the local Catholic authorities for a return
also helped, as did concerns about Bolshevism, against which
Adolf
Hitler was seen as a bulwark. With a voter participation
of 98%, the result of the plebiscite was that the overwhelming
majority, 90.8%, voted to return to Germany, with only 8.8%
wanting to retain the status quo, principally as they did
not wish to be ruled by National Socialists. A third option
of joining France received 0.4% of the vote.
On January 25, five Italian askaris were killed by Ethiopian
forces near Walwal.
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