Topic 7: Hitlers Foreign Policy

Question 1

Reverse TOV

Answer 1

Hitler had never accepted the terms and had promised to restore lands lost in 1919 as well as build up Germanys armed forces

Question 2

Unite all German speaking people

Answer 2

TOV denied Germany the right to national self-determination and Hitler wanted to unite all German speaking people in one nation.

Question 3

Lebensraum

Answer 3

In order to unite all german speaking people, living space was needed.
Germany would have to expand into the east to take over Poland and East Russia.

Question 4

Anschluss

Answer 4

Hitler supported the union with Austria that had been forbidden.

Question 5

Destroy communism

Answer 5

Hitler wanted to destroy the USSR and communism and he believed that communists helped defeat Germany in WWI. He was also convinced that Stalin wanted to take over Germany.

Question 6

Start of Hitlers chancellorship

Answer 6

Italy was viewed as the biggest threat to international peace, the League of Nations was seen as weak when dealing with Italy and Japan.

Question 7

Disarmament conference 1932-1934

Answer 7

60 nations to discuss how to prevent war, Germany wanted each nation to reduce its arms to their lowest levels.
Hitler withdrew from the conference and announced Germanys army would increase to 300,000 and he would set up a new air force with 1000 aircraft
Membership with the League of Nations was also withdrawn in 1933

Question 8

Non aggression pact with Poland 1934

Answer 8

Accepting the Polish borders and encouraging trading
The pact was set to last 10 years
France became frustrated as they had trade deals with Poland

Question 9

Attempted Anschluss with Austria 1934

Answer 9

The Austrian Nazi party were campaigning for a union
Dollfuss (chancellor) outlawed the Nazis
Nazis attacked a radio station and announced his resignation
Dollfuss was assassinated
This attempt to seize power failed due to Hitlers concerns about Mussolini

Question 10

Return of Saarland 1935

Answer 10

A plebiscite was held and 477,000 to 48,000 voted to rejoin Germany
This was administered by the league of nations

Question 11

Rearmament and conscription

Answer 11

Hitler renounced parts of the TOV
Conscription was introduced
The army and navy were openly built up
Hitler stated rearmament was self defence
Britain and Germany entered into a naval treaty in June 1935, allowing Germany to increase it’s fleet to 35% the size of Britain’s.

Question 12

Invasion of Abyssinia

Answer 12

Italy broke the rules of the League of Nations
This destroyed cooperation between Britan France and Italy
This pushed Hitler and Mussolini closer.

Question 13

The Rhineland 1936

Answer 13

The Rhineland was demilitarised under the TOV
Allied troops withdrew in 1935
In 1936 Hitler reoccupied while Britain and France were distracted
Hitlers popularity increased and in a referendum 98.8% voted for reoccupation.

Question 14

The Rome Berlin axis 1936

Answer 14

Italy and Germany agreed to work together on foreign policy and stop the spread of communism.

Question 15

Anti-Comintern pact 1936

Answer 15

Hitler signed a treaty with Japan to limit the spread of communism and influence of the Soviet Union.
Furthered relationships between Germany Japan and Italy.

Question 16

Anschluss 1938

Answer 16

Hitler began causing trouble in Austria
Austrian Chancellor accepted 2 nazis onto the cabinet
Chancellor resigned and was replaces by a nazi
He asked Hitler to send over troops to keep order
One day later, Anschluss was announced.

Question 17

Sudetenland 1938

Answer 17

3 million German speaking people
Hitler said czech gov discriminated German people
Signed agreement not to invade then invaded - lebensraum

Question 18

Munich conference

Answer 18

Sudetenland transferred to Germany and Britan
Germany agreed to settle peacefully

Question 19

1939 and the outbreak of war

Answer 19

Britain became suspicious of Hitlers intentions
After the invasion of Lemel, Britain was concerned Poland was next
Britain guarantee Polands borders but Hitler was already planning invasion.

Question 20

Pact of steel 1939

Answer 20

Hitler and Mussolini full military alliance and economic cooperation
Hitler feared Britain would make an alliance with the Soviet Union.

Question 21

Nazi soviet pact 1939

Answer 21

Agreed not to support any third country if it attacked the other
Both agreed to consult eachother and not join alliances aimed at the other
Agreed to secretly invade Poland
Soviet Union allowed to occupy Baltic states.