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Before the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939, Germany had been expanding rapidly, gaining the territories of the Saarland, Austria, the Sudetenland and Memel as well as turning Czechoslovakia into two puppet states. In spite of all these gains, German leaders still pushed for the return of Danzig and some territories around it and led to the outbreak of World War 2. And given that Germany lost that and then lost a great deal more territory, why didn't the Germans stop expanding before starting a war? Why not just be happy with what they'd already gained? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my patreon supporters below: SirJoe MajesticFirebird Ryan Schindeler Brendan W CharÉTS Steven B robert lalonde Michael Kram Leonard Frank Chris Maddox David J. Bever Leland John Paul Garai Blake Cerin erez87 Roko Lisica Bartosz Zasada Jakester1238 Mik Scheper Mario Peshev Juan Castillo John Orr Wolf Adam Probert Ben Jambor Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Donald Weaver Matt Busch Joel Wasserman Colm Byrne Yosef Waysman Hidamarisou - Webnovel translations Robert Brockway Nathan Ngumi LambOfLeg Leena Al-Souki Mr.Myoozik lesser_sam Charles Kwiatkowski Valentyn Joshua Schneider Dr. Sarno Ruben Rodriguez Burt Clothier Jane Sumpter ContraryPython Severak ARandomPaperClip tegsirat Charles Doolittle Tom Ebert Matthew Toles Duane Bridges Thomas Wang khaki enthusiast C. C. C. Tim Stone Joseph Hutchins Mario Mejia Richard Wolfe Juan Benet Shakira Ted Parsons T. c. north Joell Bel Afghanistan Moraxian Nathan Snyder Chris PeBenito george tyler Ian M Ron Johnson Shauna K Tranier Bocaj Hexapuma Hiro P bakedbread David Spellmeyer Robert Meehan Carl Blanton Erik Hare Ted Ingram Matt Reed Damon Mirza Ahmed Andreas Mosand Tino Scriptmonkeys blaZzinG_FurY Kevin Phoenix Miky Hidalgo Morriss Zachary Pascalar Lord Chromium Carr Nyuli Harrison Wiener Joseph Reinsch BenDrums24 P Marino Jack Beckman Sean Uzar Bobby Koys Anthony McCann Jonny Minogue Kaiserrin Tristan Kreller Rob Rollins The Funks BattleGoat Studios SketerK Nolan Peale Serius_Loyola Tactical_Jackal T'Kotsl Will Sullivan Pongo Jacob Zachs No way D. Mahlik Hapalochlaena Lunulata Chris Weisel Warren Rudkin Tim Stumbaugh Joshportunities Sethars Liquid Chief alexccg Ali Sadighian YugiJitsu Games Jesse Plung Zachary WolfiZee Hunter Bayliss Tony Belmonte Steve Schroeder Olive! 🍄 Ned Burke William Adderholdt Contdoko12 Seth Reeves Jonathan Niehaus Philip Yip Mark Ploegstra Colin Cecil Dullis Jason Vandeventer Rabbi Rob Thomas Allen R Larz Welo Jasmin Vikk George Caponera A. J. Smart Alex G. Brian Giordano blei95 Sean Long Patty Culp Ciege Engine Squirrel Danath89 Lord Izerian Leslie Morgan Jaroslav Benedik Schwarzer Hai Jan Bart Verbist João Santos Hazzard Kasi Kameohawk Jackarice26 Vladislav Vasilev Tommi Hewitt Phil Johnston James Twinny Hill Tarsirrus KingKyumber Rhys Jackson Ben L