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In October 1933, some nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations. The reason was the refusal of the Western powers to accept Germany’s demands to increase its military.

Hitler wrote his autobiography Mein Kampf in the year 1925. This book outlines the Hitler's political ideologies and plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926.

Charlotte Beradt, was a Berlin-based journalist. She secretly recorded people’s dreams in her diary and later published them in a book called the Third Reich of Dreams. She describes how Jews themselves began believing in the Nazi stereotypes. They dream of their hooked noses, black hair and eyes, Jewish looks and body movements.

Hitler rejected the treaty of Versailles because terms of the Treaty were very damaging to Germany. Germany's armed forces were greatly reduced under this treaty and territory was taken from Germany which deprived it of its valuable industrial and agricultural income.

A women's regiment called the Rani Jhansi Regiment and was led by Dr. Laxmi Swaminathan. Recruitment and training camps were opened in large numbers to cope with the rush of volunteers offering themselves for the INA.

Ras Behari Bose was one of the key organizers of the plan to assassinate Lord  Hardinge. He played a crucial role in the Ghadar Revolution, a plan to attack British army from the inside. Ras Behari Bose was the founding leader of Azad Hind Sena that Subhash Chandra Bose capitalized on later.  Ras Behari Bose was involved in many revolutionary activities. He got inspiration from Quit India movement which was started against Britishers to leave from India. Then, he established  the Azad Hind Sena.