German rearmament
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German rearmament was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which required German disarmament after World War I to prev
The Heinkel He 111, one of the technologically advanced aircraft that were designed and produced illegally in the 1930s as part of the clandestine German rearmament
Defense Minister Otto Gessler
Wilhelm Groener, the mastermind of the second armament program
Irénée du Pont
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Irénée du Pont I was an American businessman, president of the DuPont company, and head of the Du Pont trust.
German rearmament
…AG, who controlled Degesch, the producer of Zyklon B. This involvement was motivated not only by financial gain, but in some cases by ideology as well. Irénée du Pont, director and former president of DuPont, was a supporter of Nazi racial theory and a proponent of eugenics. Anglo-German Naval Agreement…
Du Pont c. 1919