The Maginot Line

As time moved into October 1930, the world situation was no longer so peaceful.

The Pound Sterling Crisis had yet to be resolved, and Germany had come out with new news.

First, the European countries led by the United Kingdom expressed their dissatisfaction with Germany and Italy's anti-Jewish actions. The World League even convened a meeting over the matter, demanding that Germany, as a fellow member, stop persecuting the Jewish people.

But no one had expected that the World League's pressure would instead become the driving force behind the Germans' firm implementation of their policies.

Before the British could react, on October 12, 1930, Germany unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the World League and declared that it would not accept the World League's demands.

This move immediately turned the previously calm situation in Central Europe tense. The countries most astonished by it were naturally the United Kingdom and France.

In the more than ten years since the end of World War I, Germany's attitude had always been friendly. Among the defeated nations, it had also been one of the more obedient.

But what Britain and France had not expected was that after Hitler came to power, the German Government seemed to have changed into a completely different one.

Not only had it become more aggressive and decisive in certain diplomatic choices, but it had also lost its former fear of the United Kingdom and France.

Rejecting the World League's proposal and unilaterally withdrawing from the World League was, in truth, somewhat provocative toward Britain and France.

The last country to make an enemy of the World League had been the United States. The United States had now been split into more than ten countries.

But Germany's situation was somewhat different. Germany lay in Central Europe and was the role the