TOPIC 7 Hitler’s Foreign Policy Flashcards
Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims …… and he had outlined the others in ….
revolved around the abolition of the Treaty of Versailles
Mein Kampf in 1924
Aim 1: ……… - Hitler had never …… and promised to …… in 1919 and …..
REVERSE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
accepted the terms of the treaty
restore lands lost
build up the German armed forces
Aim 2: …… - the Treaty had denied Germans ……
Hitler wanted to ….. eg the Germans living in the ……
UNITE ALL GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE
the right to National self-determination
unite all Germans into one homeland
Sudetenland
Aim 3: …… - In order to unite all Germans ……. was needed along with ………
Hitler saw ………
LEBENSRAUM - LIVING SPACE
living space
raw materials and resources
Lebensraum in the East; Poland and Russia
Aim 4: ……. - to unite with ….. which had been ……
ANSCHLUSS - UNION
to unite with Austria which had been forbidden by the Treaty
Aim 5: …… - Hitler hated the ….
He believed that Communists had ….
He was convinced that …… were plotting a …… (…… threat)
DESTROY COMMUNISM
USSR
helped bring about the defeat of Germany in World War One
Stalin and Russian Jews
takeover of Germany
Jewish-Bolshevik threat
At the start of Hitler’s chancellorship (…..) , ….. was viewed as the …….
1933
Italy
biggest threat to international peace
The League of Nations was seen as ……
weak in dealing with Italy and Japan
The Disarmament Conference (……) - …. nations met to discuss …….
Germany wanted each nation to …… (to ….. Germany)
1932-34
60
how to reduce the chance of war
reduced it’s arms to it’s lowest level
match
Hitler ….. from the Disarmament Conference and announced that he would …….
withdrew
increase the German peacetime army to 300,000 and set up a new air force with 1000 aircraft
Germany withdrew membership to League of Nations in ….
October 1933
Non-Aggression Pact with Poland (…..) - promised to …….
Pact set to last…… and meant Hitler did not ……
1934
accept Polish borders and encouraged trading
10 years
fear an attack from Poland
France were ….. by the Non-Aggression pact as they had a …… with Poland
frustrated
trade agreement
Attempted Anschluss with Austria in …… - Nazi Party in …… had been ….
1934
Austria
campaigning for a union
Austrian Chancellor, …… outlawed the ……
Dollfuss
Nazis
Nazis attacked ….. and announced that …..
Dollfuss was ……
This attempt to seize power …… due to ….. who was concerned about …..
a radio station
Dollfuss had resigned
Assassinated
failed
lack of support from Hitler
Mussolini - Guardian of Austria
Return of the Saarland in ….. - a …… voted ….. to …… to rejoin Germany
League of Nations ….. so this was legal
1935
Plebiscite
477,000
48,000
administered the vote
Hitler ….. of the Treaty of Versailles in ….. which dealt with the …..
…… introduced
renounced the parts
1935
armed forces
conscription
The ….. openly built up. Hitler aimed for the Wehrmacht (…..) to have …..
army, navy and airforce
army
550,000 men
…… were building up their …. which meant Hitler felt vulnerable
Hitler argued that rearmament was ….
France and the Soviet Union
armed forces
was self-defence
Hitler’s policy made him …… and provided ….
Helping the Germans to feel they were ….. once again
popular
jobs
becoming a strong nation
Stress front in ….. - …….. concerned at Germany’s rearmament
They formally …. Hitler’s plans
This show of unity was …..
1935
France, Italy and Britain
protested
short-lived
….. entered into a naval treaty in ….. allowing Germany to ……
This was directly breaching the ….. and encouraged Hitler to …..
Britain and Germany
June 1935
increase it’s fleet to 35% the size of Britain’s
Treaty of Versailles
go further
The invasion of Abyssinia - by ….. breaking the rules of the ……
This destroyed ……
Pushed …. and Hitler closer
Italy
League of Nations
any cooperation between France, Britain and Italy
Mussolini
The Rhineland had been …. under the treaty.
The Allies were to ….. and troops …..
In ….. Hitler …. the Rhineland
demilitarised
occupy the area for 15 years
withdrew in 1935
March 1936
reoccupied
Britain and France who were preoccupied with the ….. did not ….
This convinced Hitler that Britain and France were ……
Abyssinia crisis
physically react
unlikely to act against any further aggression
Hitler’s popularity …. and in a referendum ….% voted in favour of occupation
improved
98.8
Hitler further …. through Alliances
strengthened the position of Germany
The Rome Berlin Axis ….. - Italy and Germany agreed to …..
Agreed to ….. eg stopping the spread of …..
Further strengthened by ….. in …..
1936
work together on matters of mutual interest
follow a common foreign policy
Communism
Hitler’s visit to Italy
1938
The Anti-Comintern Pact in …. - Hitler signed a ……
The main aim was to limit the ….. and the …..
It also furthered ….. as well as encouraging …..
1936
treaty with Japan
spread of Communism
influence of the Soviet Union
relations between Germany, Italy and Japan
Japanese expansion into China
Hitler was in a stronger position by ….
1938
Hitler encouraged the Nazis in Austria to …..
stir up trouble for the government
Ordered Austrian Nazis to ….
bomb public buildings and stage marches
Hitler bullied the …… into accepting ……
Austrian chancellor
2 Nazis onto his cabinet and accept closer economic ties with Germany
Chancellor resigned in ….. and was replaced by the leader of the ….. called ,….
March 1938
Austrian Nazis
Seyss-Inquart
The Austrian chancellor asked Hitler to ….
send Germans troops to Austria to help restore order
