By the end of 1940 hitler was at the pinnacle of his powers,explain statement with examples?
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Hitler was at the pinnacle of his power by the end of 1940, is the right statement. Following are some of the examples for this:
1. Hitler launched the reconstruction plan in Germany. The aim of this policy was to provide employ-ment to the people of Germany through many policies and programs financed by the state.
2. In the year 1933, Hitler stepped out of the League of Nations.
3. In 1938, he united two nations, Austria and Germany, under the motto 'one people, one empire and one leader'.
3. Hitler seized Sudetenland, a German-speaking nation, from the occupation of Czechoslovakia in the year 1939.
4. Thereafter in June 1941, he attacked the Soviet Union.
5. Hitler signed a Tripartite Agreement with Japan and Italy in the year 1940, to establish his claim to international leadership.
Answer:
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. It was a defensive military alliance that was eventually joined by Hungary (20 November 1940), Romania (23 November 1940), Bulgaria (1 March 1941) and Yugoslavia (25 March 1941) as well as by the German client state of Slovakia (24 November 1940). Yugoslavia's accession provoked a coup d'état in Belgrade two days later. Germany, Italy and Hungary responded by invading Yugoslavia. The resulting Italo-German client state, known as the Independent State of Croatia, joined the pact on 15 June 1941.