Hitler's Foreign Policy Flashcards
Another aim of Hitler foreign policy is to create more _______________ for the expanding German population
‘Labensraum’ (living space)
The last aim of Hitler’s foreign policy is to __________ all German speaking people together
Unite
One of the three main aims of hitler’s foreign policy was to ______________________ the Treaty of Veraills
Abolish/overturn
What happened on 1st September 1939
German armies invaded Poland causing the start of WW2
What pact did Hitler and Stalin sign in August 1939
The Nazi-Soviet Pact - this divided up Poland between the two superpowers and ensured cooperation in the event of a German invasion of Poland
What did hitler legalise is 1935
Conscription to increase the size of his army to 550,000 men
What does LABENSRAUM mean
Living space
In March 1936, Hitler Remilitarised this
The Franco-German border of the Rhineland
In 1936, Hitler and Mussolini singed the _______________
Rome-Berlin Axis which promised protection of each other in the event of conflict.
Which country did Hitler invade in March 1938
Austria, it had been made a province of Germany under the Anschluss (unification)
What two areas did Hitler gain back in 1935 using plebiscites among the people
The Rhineland and the Saar. These were rich coal mining areas with lots of resources
In 1938, where did Hitler enact a military takeover
The Sudetenland, the area was a rich industrious area on the border of Czechoslovakia
Britain and Germany singed the ___________________ in 1935
Anglo-German Naval Treaty - allowed Germany to increase the size of their navy to one third of Britain’s
How did Hitler go against the Anglo-German Declaration singed at the Munich conference of September 1938
Hitler invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 which went against the agreement of the declaration
What did Hitler do in 1933 to increase the size of his peacetime army
Hitler began rearmament and authorised the building of aircrafts
