Germany Topic 7 - Hitler’s Foreign Policy

Question 1

What does Grossdeutschland mean?

Answer 1

Unite all German speaking people.

Question 2

What does Lebensraum mean and how did Hitler want to act on it?

Answer 2

Living space which Hitler meant to expand Germany’s border in the East creating a greater Germany.

Question 3

Who did Germany want an union with?

Answer 3

Germany wanted an Anschluss with Austria.

Question 4

What was Hitler’s purpose of a non-aggression Pact with Poland?

Answer 4

It showed how Hitler wanted peaceful intentions with Europe and it encouraged trading with Poland.

Question 5

Who was the Chancellor of Austria in 1934?

Answer 5

Dollfuss.

Question 6

What occurred during Hitler’s attempted Anschluss with Austria?

Answer 6

Dollfuss wanted to maintain Austria’s independence, the Austrian Nazi Party murdered Dollfuss and attempted to seize power. Mussolini didn’t want Germany to have a strong border next to Italy. Hitler was forced to deny involvements in the attempted Anschluss.

Question 7

What is a plebisicte

Answer 7

A referendum

Question 8

How successful with the plebisicte in the Saarland

Answer 8

91% of people voted to rejoin Germany

Question 9

What was the impact of the plebiscite of the Saarland

Answer 9

Encourage Hitler to follow his foreign policy aims

Question 10

In what amount did Hitler expand his army

Answer 10

Hitler expand his army from 100,000 to 550,000 which is massively increasing that from the restricted amount from the treaty of Versailles

Question 11

What was Hitler’s point for the rearmament and conscription

Answer 11

An act of self defence due to the powers next to Germany that were increasing their forces

Question 12

What was the Stresa Front of 1935

Answer 12

Stresa Front, a coalition of France, Britain, and Italy formed in April 1935 at Stresa, Italy, to oppose Adolf Hitler’s announced intention to rearm Germany, which violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 13

Why was the Stresa Front ineffective

Answer 13

It was short lived because of the Anglo German naval treaty and also the Italian invasion of Abyssinia

Question 14

What were the events of the Rhineland in 1936?

Answer 14

Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland following the withdrawal of Allied troops in 1935 this was a gamble however as Hitler required Britain and France not to react however no one challenged this allowed Hitler to further push his foreign policy aims

Question 15

What was the Rome Berlin axis of 1936

Answer 15

An agreement between Italy and Germany to work together on matters of mutual interest it mainly try to stop the spread of communism across Europe

Question 16

What was the anti- Comintern act of 1936

Answer 16

The agreement was designed to stop the spread of communism and the influence of communism across Europe Italy further joined a year later in 1937

Question 17

What was the events of the Anschluss in 1938

Answer 17

Hitler invited the Austrian Chancellor to Germany and was forced to sign Austrian Nazis as part of his cabinet.
Hitler decided to threaten invasion of Austria causing the chancellor to resign and was replaced by the leader of the Austrian Nazis.
A day later the Anschluss was proclaimed.

Question 18

What was the events of the Sudetenland crisis in 1938

Answer 18

The Sudetenland was a part of Czechoslovakia and contained 3 million German speaking people.
Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia so he could prevent war on two fronts Hitler also thought the Soviet Union might invade Czechoslovakia

Question 19

What was the Munich conference

Answer 19

Four leaders met to prevent an outbreak of war the conference agreed to give the Sudetenland to Germany