Hitler's Foreign Policy Aims Flashcards
Rearmament of the German army
Warships 1932: 30 1939: 95
Aircraft 1932: 36 1939: 8,250
Soldiers in the army 1932: 100,000 1939: 950,000
What were Adolf Hitler’s foreign policy aims?
1) to destroy the ToV and make Germany a great power
2) unite all German speaking people everywhere under German control and build a greater Germany
3) to expand eastwards in order to gain living space (Lebensraum)
4) to destroy communism and the USSR
When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany?
1933
What did hitler begin to do when he became in chancellor, in 1933?
Secretly rearm Germany, were very weak due to the Treaty of Versailles
What pact did hitler make in 1933? With whom?
Hitler made a 10 year, non-aggression pact with Poland starting neither countries would harm each other within the next 10 years.
What happened in March 1935?
Hitler held a freedom to rearm rally in which he increased the rate of conscription and war necessities. He also withdrew from the international disarmament conference on the grounds that no other countries were prepared to disarm therefore, why should he?
What happened in June 1935?
David Lloyd George recognised the harshness of the terms placed upon Germany and therefore said they can build up their navy so long as it’s no bigger than 35% of the size of the British navy; they were also allowed as many submarines as they wanted.
