How did Hitler's Foreign Policy lead to WW2?

Question 1

What were the key aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy?

Answer 1

1) Destroy the Treaty of Versailles.
2) Make more living space in the east, Lebensraum.
3) Unite people with German blood and create a greater Germany, Volksdeutsche.
4) Rearm Germany.
5) Destroy communism.

Question 2

How did Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 2

1) In 1933, Hitler secretly ordered his army generals to increase the size of the army. He built a Luftwaffe.
2) In 1935, he openly held a huge rearmament rally.
3) Hitler announced that there would be a conscription in Nazi Germany and that the army would be increased.
4) In 1936, Hitler moved 22,000 troops into the Rhineland demilitarised zone.
5) Hitler invaded Austria and declared Anschluss.
6) By the end of 1938, he also invaded Czechoslovakia and took the Sudetenland.

Question 3

How did Hitler achieved Lebensraum?

Answer 3

1) Hitler achieved Lebensraum by invading Poland. He wanted Danzig, a city with German population in Polish territory.
2) He also invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.

Question 4

How did Hitler achieve Volksdeutsche?

Answer 4

1) Hitler achieved Volksdeutsche by invading the Sudetenland and the rest of Czechoslovakia. The Sudetenland had a large minority population of Germans.
2) By invading the Saar and taking it back after it was given to the League of Nations by the Treaty of Versailles.
3) Anschluss with Austria.

Question 5

How did Hitler rearm Germany?

Answer 5

1) In 1933, Hitler increased his army to over 100,000 men.
2) Built the Luftwaffe, 1000 war planes.
3) Hitler announced that there would be a conscription in Nazi Germany and that the army would be increased to 550,000 men.
4) In 1936, Hitler moved 22,000 troops into the Rhineland demilitarised zone.