Topic 7: Hitlers Foreign Policy Flashcards
What were hitlers 5 foreign policy aims ?
Reverse the treaty of Versailles
Unite all German speaking people
Destroy communism
Anshuluss with Austria
Lebensraum
What does anshuluss mean ?
Union
What did Italy and germany sign in 1936 which granted them allies ?
Rome-Berlin axis
What did germany and Italy sign which granted them allies with japan ?
Anti-Comintern pact
When did germany sign the anti-Comintern pact ?
1936
When did Italy sign the anti-Comintern pact with Japan ?
1937
What happened with Sudetenland ?
Hitler wanted it so he prepared to invade but the other major countries asked him to post bone his invasion and have a meeting to talk about the what was going on
At the Munich conference they agreed that germany got Sudetenland
What did Hitler want next after Sudetenland ?
The whole of Czechoslovakia
Why did Hitlers aims to invade the whole of Czechoslovakia upset chamberlain ?
Because they made a promise that germany and Britain wouldn’t go to war but by threatening to take over Czechoslovakia it meant Britain had to step in and stop it which meant that they could potentially go to war
where did Britain believe Hitler would try invade next ?
The polish corridor
What did the Pact of Steel mean ?
That Italy and germany were a military Alliance
What were the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939 ?
They agreed not to support any 3rd country if it attacked the other
They promised not to join any alliance aimed at the other
They agreed (secretly) that they would invade and divide Poland
Soviet Union was allowed to occupy the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
When did Germany invade Poland ?
1st September 1939
When did Britain and France declare war on Germany ?
3rd September 1939
When did Poland cease to exist ?
6th October 1939
