Hitlers Foreign Policy Flashcards
What was the response to hitler retaking the Rhineland in 1936
Britain and France didn’t physically react and in a referendum 98.8% of people living in the Rhineland were in favour of the occupation
What was the Rome Berlin axis
Italy and Germany agreed to work together on a mutual interest of stopping the spread of communism
What was the anti-Comintern pact of 1936
A treaty with Japan to limit the spread of communism and influence of the Soviet Union
What is Anschluss
The union between Austria and Germany
What % or people voted in favour of the Anschluss
99.75
When did the Anschluss start
March 1938
What was the Sudetenland crisis
Hitler ordered Nazis to stir up trouble in the Sudetenland
What was settled at the Munich conference
The Sudetenland was transferred to Germany and GB and Germany agreed to settle disputes peacefully
What was the nazi soviet pact
Agreed to not support any third country if it attacked the other,agreed to consult each other an pd not join an alliance aimed at the other
What was hitlers foreign policy aims
Reverse the treaty of Versailles,unite all German speaking people e.g.the Germans living in the Sudetenland,lebensraum,Anschluss,destroy communism
What happened at the disarmament conference
Germany wanted each nation to reduce its army to match theirs,hitler withdrew from the conference and announced he would increase his army
What was the non aggression pact with poland
Promised to accept polish boarders and encouraged trading
What was the return of the Saarland
A vote was conducted and was 477,000 to 48,000 to rejoin Germany
When did hitler withdraw from the League of Nations
October 1933
