History Stopped 1936-1938

The power in Europe has finally and fatally shifted - the resurgent Germany of the Third Reich is the dominant force. With a unique blend of nationalism, militarism, and racial theory, Adolf Hitler persuades millions that they are a unique people -- a master race.
By the mid thirties, Adolf Hitler's ambitions seemed clear to all. If the great powers had acted earlier, would their intervention have prevented WW2? No one knows for sure if early action would have stopped his ambition, although we do know that inaction certainly didn't. But why did neighboring countries refuse to act early? One word: Appeasement.
In March 1938, Germany absorbed Austria in direct defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. It was a euphoric moment -- for the Nazis. In Spain, war rips country apart as a three year civil war of terrible brutality starts.