Foreign Policy Aims Flashcards
What armed force helped Hitler take over?
The SS
Hitler became a ……. In 1934?
Military dictator
What four points were in Hitler’s book?
- all Germans under one leader
- treaty abolished
- Jews and communists destroyed
- Germans are master race
Why did Germany want to abolish the treaty of Versailles?
- terms were unfair ( forced to disarm)
* reparations were unfair
Why did Germany rearm?
- no Air Force
- no submarines
- no modern weapons
- tiny navy
- army of 100,000
Where was the Rhineland?
On the border of France and Belgium
Why did the Rhineland need to be rearmed?
Germany’s manufacturing, coal and iron industry was there
The “front door” to France was open
Why did Hitler want to unite all German speaking people?
Self determination had been denied to 6 million Germans and Austria was banned from uniting with Germany
What was Lebensraum?
“Living space”
Why did Hitler want to defeat communism?
Communism was began by Karl Marx a German Jew.
Russia was also communist
Why was the league beginning to be obsolete? (By the 1920s)
The Hoare- Laval pact (between Italy and Britain)
And the Great Depression
What happened in Geneva? (1934)
Hitler wanted army equality with France, Britain said yes France said no
What was the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement?
Britain agreed Germany could have a naval fleet even though it had barely any beach and France didn’t like the idea
Before Hitler (and his one party state) what was Germany?
A democracy
