eich to dominate Europe. The German people had to acquire territory or living space, which Germany would conquer which he called Leibanstrawn, or German living space in the east. If the German people were to survive and preserve their racial identity, they would have to acquire new territory, and this could only be done by force. Hitler’s expansion campaign began in March 1936, when the German troops re-entered the Rhineland. Then in the March of 1938, Austria was taken into the Reich. Sudetenland returns to Germany. Once again in March, but in 1939, Slovakia became a separate state and becomes allied to Germany. In the September of 1939, Germany attacks and takes Poland, but Britain, France and their allies declare war on Germany. World War II had begun.Hitler and World War IIThe Messerschmitt Bf 109The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was first flown in 1935. It was extremely unpopular but it quickly became the number one multirole fighter of the Luftwaffe. It was tricky and unpleasant to fly but in the hands of a German pilot it was deadly. The top-scoring Luftwaffe pilots, who had 250 to 350 kills each, their aircraft was only the Bf 109. It was a single-seat fighter, but many were bombers. Designed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (later Messerschmitt) in 1933, designed mainly around the most powerful engine of that time, the 610hp Junkers Jumo 210A. It made its first flight in early September 1935, but with the 695hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel V. Many versions appeared but the finest of all of the versions was the Bf 109F. Powered by either a 1200hp DB601N engine or a 1350hp DB601E engine. The Bf 109F represented a considerable advance over earlier series in terms of both performance and cleanliness, but most importantly, Messerschmitt gave the Luftwaffe a fighter that could out-manoeuvre the British enemy, the Supermarine Spitfire V. The entire fuselage was smoother and cleaner aerodynamically, a more rounded rudder and a retract...
