Hitlers Foreign Policy
Hitlers destruction of the T of V and his main policies
- Created by: Tyrella Baker-Smith
- Created on: 27-02-13 20:40
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- Hitler's Foreign Policy
- Main policies
- Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
- Germans hated it.
- Leaders who agreed were called the 'November Criminals'
- Reminder and humiliation of losing WW1
- Expand Territory (Lebensraum)
- Regain territory lost in the T of V.
- Unite with Austria
- German minorities in other countries and German speakers to become 'Greater Germany
- Empire in E. Europe, 'Lebensraum" -more living space for Germans
- Defeat Communism
- Hitler was anti-communist
- Communists helped their defeat in WW1
- Build back economy
- From reparations
- From the Depression
- Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
- How did Hitler destroy the Treaty of Versailles?
- Rhineland Remilitarisation
- Rhineland demiliterised meant G was vulnerable of attack from the west.
- Hitler took a risk of marchinghis troops in.
- French would not act by themselves
- Anti-Comintern Pact
- 1936: Japanese and German hostility towards the Soviet Union
- 1937: Italy joins pact.
- 1936: Japanese and German hostility towards the Soviet Union
- Saar Plebiscite
- Saar run by L of N since T of V.
- 1935, League promiseda plebiscite for people to vote on ruling,
- Success for Hitler, Saar returned to G.
- Anschluss with Austria
- German culture and language, Hitler gown up here.
- Strong Nazi Party in Austria.
- Hitler demanded concessions for the Austrian Nazi Party. Schuschnigg refused and resigned
- Replaced by Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the leader of the Austrian Nazi Party. On 13th March, Seyss-Inquart invited the German Army to occupy Austria and proclaimed union with Germany.
- Leaves L of N and Disarmament Conference
- Spanish Civil War
- Communists (supporting Republican gov) vs right wing rebels under General Franco.
- Opportunity to fight General Franco and try out new forces
- Germans happy to disarm if every nation did.
- Or they will rearm to French levels
- French wouldn't disarm or let G rearm.
- Gave Hitler reason to leave conference pretending it wanted peace.
- Germany had been secretly rearming.
- Gave Hitler reason to leave conference pretending it wanted peace.
- French wouldn't disarm or let G rearm.
- Or they will rearm to French levels
- Spanish Civil War
- Army and Air force
- March 1935 Hitler announced Germany had an air force.
- Introducing conscription
- He knew no one would take any action
- Anglo-German Naval Treaty
- Allowed G to build a navy 35% of the size of Britain's
- Guarentee of Britains naval superiority over G.
- Permitted to go against T of V naval restrictions.
- Rhineland Remilitarisation
- Main policies
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