Hitler and Foreign Policy

Question 1

Hitler’s individual role

Answer 1

Economic policy - responsible for gearing Germany’s economy for war from 1936
Remilitarising the Rhineland - Hitler chose to remilitarise the Rhineland despite the wishes of his generals
Preparation for war - Hitler guided his military generals to prepare for a European war and Blomberg Fritsch affair in 1938 indicates that generals were reluctant to make the necessary preparations for war

Question 2

Hitler’s intentionalist functionalist plan for war

Answer 2

25 point programme, Mein Kampf, Hossbach memorandum (plans for Anschluss and destroying Czechoslovakia) - CLEAR GOAL
STUFENPLAN - AIM TO MAKE GERMANY A SUPER POWER

Question 3

Functionalist

Answer 3

When Hitler remilitarised Rhineland he did not know how Britain and France would react and told his military to retreat if they stopped him