Nazi Foreign Policies

Question 1

When was the Paris peace conference and the Geneva conference and what was it for

Answer 1

1919
1932
For the disarmament of all countries although only Germany was told to do so

Question 2

What was the outcome of the Geneva conference

Answer 2

Germany walked out but they balanced this decision by signing a NAP with Poland

Question 3

When was the NAP with Poland signed

Answer 3

January 1934

Question 4

What was hitters 3 main foreign policy aims

Answer 4

1-to restore Germany’s armed forces
2-to unite all those claiming German nationality under the third reich (grossdeutchland)
3-to create living space from Russia etc (lebensraum)

Question 5

When military spending increased to 9million marks how did rearmament speed up

Answer 5

• navy began to construct new vessels
• Air Force (Luftwaffe) set up in 1935 soon had over 2500 aircraft
• conscription introduced March 1935 although army had already x4 the 100k limit of the TOV

Question 6

Who when and why did countries meet at stresa in north Italy

Answer 6

• Britain Italy France
• to condemn hitlers actions
• April 1935
• this ended due to the Anglo-German naval agreement

Question 7

When and what was the Anglo German naval agreement

Answer 7

• June 1935

- allowed Germany to increase navy to 35% the size of GB’s

Question 8

What happened in result of the Anglo-German naval agreement

Answer 8

• anti-German (stresa) coalition broken up
• German navy could increase massively
• one of the countries that had put in place the TOV was involved in breaking its terms