Hitlers aims and the responses to them. Flashcards
1
Q
What were Hitlers foreign policy aims?
A
- Removal of the ToV
- Rearmament
- Unification of German speaking people
- Lebensraum
2
Q
What was the first aim that Hitler began to act upon?
A
Uniting all Germans in a single empire, 1933
3
Q
What was the first step taken towards this?
A
The Dollfuss affair
4
Q
What happened in the Dollfuss Affair?
A
The Austrian leader at the time did not agree with Hitlers anschluss, therefore Austrian Nazis carried out a coup and killed the leader.
5
Q
Where was Hitlers first territorial success?
A
The Saar
6
Q
How did Hitler gain control of the Saar again?
A
A plebicite was held and the result was that 90% of voters wanted to return to Germany
7
Q
When did Hitler include military conscription and why was this bad?
A
1935, it broke the Treaty of Versailles
