 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubvira muhafu yokupedzisira yama1930, Nazi Germany yakaita zvinodikanwa zvenharaunda zvine utsinye zvikuru, ichityisidzira hondo kana izvi zvisina kuzadzikwa. Saarland yakavhotera ne plebiscite kuti ipindezve muGermany muna 1935, uye muna 1936 Hitler akatumira mauto kuRhineland, iyo yakanga isina mauto mushure meHondo Yenyika I. Germany yakatora Austria mu Anschluss ya1938, uye yakada uye yakagamuchira nzvimbo yeSudetenland yeCzechoslovakia mugore iroro. Muna March 1939, nyika yeSlovak yakaziviswa uye ikava nyika yevatengi yeGermany, uye German Protectorate yeBohemia neMoravia yakagadzwa pane zvakasara zveNyika dzeCzech dzakagarwa. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Germany yakamanikidza Lithuania kuti ipe Memel Territory. Germany yakasaina chibvumirano chokusarwisaneSoviet Union ndokupinda muPoland musi wa1 September 1939, kutanga Hondo Yenyika II muEurope. Pakutanga kwa1941, Germany nevatsigiri vayo vokuEurope vaiva muAxis powers vakanga vava kutonga chikamu chikuru cheEurope. Mahofisi akawedzerwa eReichskommissariat akatora nzvimbo dzakakundwa nevaNazi uye hurumende yeGermany yakatangwa muPoland yose. Germany yakashandisa zvinhu zvokutanga uye basa renzvimbo dzayo dzakanga dzakapambwa pamwe chete nevadikani vayo. 