Topic 7 Flashcards
What were Hitlers foreign policy aims?
Anschluss, Destroy communism, Reverse treaty of Versailles
Unite all German speaking people
Lebensraum living space
When does Hitler invade Poland?
September 1939
When did Hitler regain control/ remilitarise the Rhineland?
1936
What was the Policy of appeasement?
Followed by Neville Chamberlain
making concessions to a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
When did Germany invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?
March 1939
When was the Anschluss successful?
1938
Talk about the Anschluss 1938
Austrian chancellor was forced to resign
Nazi chancellor and government were put in Austria
Many local people supported it
Britain and France did nothing and followed the policy of appeasement
Talk about the Rhineland 1936
The Rhineland was demilitarised in the Treaty of Versailles
Hitlers soldiers marched into the Rhineland with orders to retreat of opposed
They were not opposed
The Rhineland was meant to act as a border to France and Germany
Why did Hitler take Czechoslovakia?
More living space (lebensraum)
United all German speaking people
What was the non-aggression pact with Poland 1938.
Hitler promised to respect Poland’s borders
Talk about the Nazi-soviet pact 1939
-Hitler and Stalin didn’t get along
-They agreed to secretly invade Poland and split it up
-Hitler wanted to avoid war on two fronts
-He planned to invade the Soviet Union in the future but had to prepare first as it was so powerful
-Promised not to support an alliance against the other
Talk about the Disarment conference 1932-34
-Representatives of 60 nations met ti discuss ways of reducing chances of war
-Germany insisted that all nations reduce their armed forces to match Germanys
-France refused and left the conference
When did the Saarland return to Germany?
1935
What happens in 1935?
Return of the Saarland
Creates airforce (announced at Nuremberg rally)
Introduction of conscription
What happens in 1936?
Reoccupation of the Rhineland
