Hitler considered the Treaty of Versailles to be a humiliating restriction of power, undermining his position and harnessing Arian progress. He the dissolving of the Treaty of Versailles would lead to a united Arian race and opportunity for future Arian development and prosperity, a natural progression in his social Darwinist theory. In March 1935 Hitler admitted Luftwaft; the existence of an air force within Germany and issued a decree which stated Germany had no intention of further honouring the defence limitations of the Treaty of Versailles. Although the League of Nations condemned his actions forming a Stressa declaration their lack of dynamic action proved to Hitler that no power in or out of the League of Nations was willing to strictly enforce the Treaty of Versailles. Nor was anyone prepared to give the French convincing guarantees if a disarmament convention was agreed. The lustwaff was a precarious move for Hitler as it illustrated his lack of compliance and encouraged other to question his plans. However it devalued the treaty of Versailles and allowed Hitler to evaluate the situation.Hitler’s diplomatic collaboration with Britain through the Anglo-German naval agreement, which gave Germany the right to build a fleet of 35% of the Royal Navy, proved highly beneficial to Hitler. Such a step by Britain was a direct repudiation of Versailles, by one of its own signatories, significantly undermining both it, the League of Nations and the Strassa Front. Hitler had caused friction between countries, undermined their superficial unity, calmed Great Britain’s fear of naval threat and unnerved the French even further, who direct their efforts into the Maginot line in strike, which also benefited the military.The reoccupation of the Rhineland in March 1936, furthered the disregard for the Treaty of Versailles, as the Treaty forbade German armed forces or fortifications on the left bank of the Rhine or within a fifty kilo...
