HITLER'S FOREIGN POLICY Flashcards
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Rearmament of Germany (5 clauses)
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World Disarmament Conference-1932 ~Nobody else would disarm so why should Hitler 10 year non-aggression pact-1934 ~Gave Chamberlain confidence in Hitler Anglo-German Naval Agreement-1935 ~Germany to be 35% of Britains Navy Conscription-1935 ~Gave Hitler more man power SPANISH CIVIL WAR-1936 ~Allowed Hitler to test his Lufftwaffe and New Army
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Hitlers Aims
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Lebensraum
Combat Communism
Unite all German-speaking people
Make Germany a great power again
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Anschluss
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FAILURE IN 1934
Rome-Berlin Axis signed-1936(ITALY+GERMANY)
Anti-Comintern Pact-1936(ITALY+JAPAN+GERMANY)
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Anschluss
~Campaign begins
~Hitler places troops on Austrian border causing Schussnig to resign
~Seyss-Inquart invites Germany to restore order
~Hitler enters Austria, achieving Anschluss on the 14th March 1948
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Saar
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90% to join Germany
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For Appeasement
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-Communism was a bigger threat Trade links -British population wanted appeasement not another war -Avoid unnecessary cost of war -League failed -Britain were suffering from depression
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Against Appeasement
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- Prolonged war not prevented it
- Gave Hitler confidence
- Hitler couldn’t be trusted
- Made Britain look weak
- Betraying the ToV
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Sudetenland in 5 points
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- Hitler openly supports Henlein(1938)
- USSR,USA,FRANCE,BRITAIN stall helping Czechoslovakia
- Chamberlain+Hitler at Berchtesgaden decide Sudetenland will be given where more than half German population
- Hitler demands all of Sudetenland at Bad Godesberg
- Munich Conference- Czechoslovakia forced to sign
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Czechoslovakia in 5 points
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- Sudetenland is lost
- Countries take advantage of weak Czechoslovakia
- Hitler enters Czechoslovakia in March 1939
- End of APPEASEMENT POLICY
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Pacts after Czechoslovakia
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ITALY+GERMANY=Pact of Steel
POLAND+BRITAIN= Polish Guarantee
USSR+GERMANY=NAZI-SOVIET PACT
All in 1939
