Topic 3- Hitlers Foregin Policy. Aims And Actions 1933-39

Question 1

What do we answer a 6 mark question

Answer 1

2 paragraph rule.

P1. Content of source. Agree/Disagree with content P2.Provenance. Reliable/ unreliable

Question 2

How to answer a 10 mark question.

Answer 2

3 paragraph rule. 
Describe. A general description of what you are talking about. 
Explain. How
Assess. How much
Conclusion- Compare.

Question 3

What was Hitlers 3 aims?

His foreign policy

Answer 3

1. To abolish The Treaty of Versailles
2. To create lebensraum (living space) for expanding the German Population.
3. To unite all German speaking people who had been split up after the war.

Question 4

How was Hitler going to achieve this (3aims)

Answer 4

1. Disobeying people.
2. Withdrawing from the League of Nations (a group of countries)
3. Taking over other countries.

Question 5

What is the League of Nations?

Answer 5

1. Built up at the end of WW1.
2. It’s aims were to stop war.

Strength- Every nation had signed it
Weakness- It only met once a year so many things could have happened in between the meetings.

Question 6

What features does a 4 mark question have?

Answer 6

At least 3 developed points/ facts related to what the question is asking.

Question 7

There were five terms of the Treaty of Versailles that Germany had to contend with. What were they?

Answer 7

1. Territorial Losses- Had to give up the land that they had taken over.
2. Reparation- Germans had to pay back 6.6 billion pounds. More than they actually had.
3. War guilt - Germany had to say that they were only to blame for WW1.
4. League of Nations-They had to rejoin it.
5. Military Restrictions- Germany had to disarm.

Question 8

Who were the ‘Big Three’ at this time and what did they each want?

Answer 8

France- George Clemauncu- To be as mean as possible.
USA- Wanted to keep the peace
Britain- Wanted German to regain themselves because they were potential business partners.

Question 9

What is the Policy of Appeasement?

Answer 9

1. To pacify or calm someone down by giving into what they demand.
2. Some people feel it was necessary to appease Hitler as it was their only option however some thought that appeasing Hitler strengthen him.

Question 10

Rearmament 1933

Answer 10

1. Hitler built up his armed forces to protect his country.
2. Disarmament Conference-
   He asked the other leaders to disarm to his level but they didn’t so he withdrew from the League of Nations.
   Germany was becoming more dangerous because Hitler introduced conscription so the amount of men he had in his army rose dramatically. Pilots were trained up and Germany had 1/3 the amount of boats Britain had.

Question 11

What happened in the return of the Saar 1935

Answer 11

1. Hitler wanted to occupy a rich piece of land as TOV put Saar under control of LON.
2. Plebiscite was held 15 years after this to see if the land should go back to Germany And there was a huge Nazi campaign.
3. January 1955 90 Saarlanders voted for return to Germany.
   Allies didn’t responds so Hitler grew more confident and began to conquer other things.

Question 12

What happens in the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland? 1936

Answer 12

1. After the Treaty of Versailles the Rhineland was an area of no weapons or men.
2. It was still a part of Germany and Hitler wanted to have military on there as he was humiliated without them.
3. 7th March nobody stopped him so 32,000 marched and occupation the Rhineland.
4. So people believe the Remilitarisation gave Britian and France the chance to confront Hitler without going to war. Hitler knew his aggression had succeeded and he was slowly gaining more power.

Question 13

What happened in the Anschluss with Austria 1938 - Summary

Answer 13

1. Hitler wanted all German speaking people to be together. He wanted to reunite Germany with his native homeland,Austria.
2. Under TOV Germany and Austria were forbidden to be unified.

Hitler also wanted a part of Czechoslovkia called Sudentland and was rich in coal.

Question 14

What happened in the Anschluss with Austria 1938- Date information

Answer 14

1. 1934- Hitler ordered Havoc in Austria /attempt to overthrow government, Chancellor Dofus killed.
2. New Chancellor Schuschigg tried to preserve country, trying not to give Hitler an excuse for aggression.
3. Jan 1938- Schuschug discovered Austrian Nazis were planning a revolution. A mistake he made was asking Germany for help. Hitler insisted he give his position in Aus government to Aus Nazis.
4. Returned to Aus to stop a Nazi takeover. Did a pleb to see if people wanted to reunite with the Nazis andHe put his troops on the Border.
5. Austrian Nazis rioted in the streets.
6. Germans entered Austria and captured 800,000 opponents to Hitler.
   12th March- Hitler entered Austria and union with Germany was established on 14th March 1938.

Question 15

True/False. Did Hitler use aggression to get his way?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Nazi soviet pact. 3 points.

Answer 16

1. 23rd August 1939 Germany and USSR signed the Nazi Soviet Pact where they agreed not to attack one and other but to attack Poland and divided it between them.
2. Stalin lost patience with Britian and France appeasing Hitler. He suspected that Britain and France were trying to divert attention away from the west and towards the east.
3. The Nazi Soviet Pact brought war closer and Hitler broke this pact in 1941.