I roto i te tīmatanga o te 1930s, patua te Great Depression ao nui Germany pakeke, rite kore mahi piki me ngaro iwi whakawhirinaki i roto i te kāwanatanga. I roto i te Hānuere 1933, Adolf Hitler i whakaritea Chancellor o Germany. whakaturia hohoro tona Nazi Party he kāwanatanga manawanui, a Nazi Germany hanga tono rohe kaha ake, whakawehi whawhai ki te kihai i tutaki ratou. tae Remilitarization o te Rhineland i roto i 1936, ka tāpiri o Ateria i roto i te Anschluss me wahi o Czechoslovakia ki te Whakaaetanga Munich i 1938, me atu rohe o Czechoslovakia i roto i 1939. i runga i 1 Mahuru 1939, tīmata Germany World War II i roto i Europe ki te whakaekenga o Poland. i muri i te hanga i te kawenata ki te Soviet Union i roto i te 1939, Hitler ko Stalin wehewehea Europe. i muri i te "Phoney War" i roto i te puna 1940, ka koperea Denmark ko Norway, hoatu te Low Germany France me te mana o te Uru, tata katoa o te Soviet Union whakaekea Germany i roto i te pakanga tuarua o te ao 1941. pātai: He aha
te whakaekenga o Poland