Hitlers Forgien Policy Flashcards
1
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Hitler’s aims in foreign policy
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- Lebensraum – living space in Eastern Europe
- Right the wrongs of the Treaty of Versailles
- Unite German speaking people
2
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2 Return of the Saar
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- 1935
- Coal-mining area
- Plebiscite held – 477,000 to 48,000 to return to Germany
3
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Rearmament
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- March 1935 – announced that Germany had the Luftwaffe
- Introducing conscription
- Aimed to expand army to half a million
4
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Withdrawal from the Disarmament Conference
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- 1932–1933 – League of Nations
- Said would disarm if everyone else would
- French not accept German re-armament
5
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Anglo-German Naval Agreement
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- June 1935
- Allowed Germany a navy 35% of Britain’s
- Britain allowing Germany to violate TOV
- Hitler ‘Happiest day of my life’
6
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Rome-Berlin Pact
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- 1936
- Not a formal alliance, but informal agreement between Hitler and Mussolini
- Support to nationalists in Spanish Civil War
7
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Re-occupation of the Rhineland
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- March, 1936
- Marched into demilitarised zones
- Britain ignored – ‘Marching into own backyard’. France would not act alone
8
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Anschluss
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- March 1938
- Means Germany/Austrian unification
- Austria had ruled Germany for 600 years
9
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How did Hitler achieve Anschluss
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• Dollfuss (Chancellor) murdered
• Schuschnigg appointed Nazis
• Hitler replaced Schuschnigg with
Seyss-Inquart
10
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Reasons for appeasement
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- Sympathy for Germany
- Desire for peace
- Threat of Communism
- Time to re-arm
11
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Arguments against appeasement
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- Appeasers misjudged Hitler
- It was morally wrong
- Missed opportunities to stop Hitler
