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Hitler's foreign policy definition
Hitler's Foreign Policy Aims. To destroy the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after her defeat in World War One. Hitler felt the Treaty was unfair and most Germans supported this view. To unite all German speakers together in one country. -
Hitler (Germany) leave the league of nations
Hitler ordered German delegates to leave the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, and later on he withdrew from the League of Nations. The reason why is due to the fact that Germany was already disarmed, while other countries were refusing to disarm.
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The Saar (site:"Revision-GCSE." Revision-GCSE. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2015.)
The Saar, with its rich coalfields was an industrial area that had been taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles and put under the control of the League of Nations. A plebiscite was to be held after 15 years to decide if it was to be returned to the Germans. The plebiscite was held in January, 1935. The results of the plebiscite showed that 90% of the population of the Saar wanted to reunite with Germany.Hitler saw this as a victory as it was the first injustices for the treaty to reverse. -
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
<a href='' >"Revision-GCSE." Revision-GCSE. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.</a>On march 7th 1936 Hitler moved German troops back into the demilitarised area of the Rhineland. This was a risk for Hitler as it was clearly a breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Also, the German army only consisted 22,000 men and if the French army had reacted then they would have been no threat. The men were also under strict orders to withdraw if they were to see french or englisdh troops. But neither reacted to this. So the
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Involvement in the spanish war site:BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015
Hitler sent thousands of troops and weapons to Spain to aid the Nationalist forces. He wanted to see Spain fall to the right-wing Nationalists.It was Germany's interest to fight the spread of Communism. Hitler not want Spain, as a "near neighbour" to become a Soviet-backed stronghold. Indeed, the opposite was true. If Spain came under right-wing control it could have been an important ally. Also The second reason was that Hitler needed a place to try out his new weapons produced due to rearment -
Crises over Czechoslovakia
<a href='' >"The Czech Crisis of 1938." The Czech Crisis of 1938. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.</a>The Sudeten Germans Party received both verbal and financial support from Hitler. Hitler wanted to put all Germans into one Reich and that no true German would have to live outside of Germany. In 1938, Hitler ordered his generals to to make plans for the invasion of Czechoslovakia. He also ordered his followers to start to create trouble in the Sudetenland, to provie the outside world that the Czech government was incapable of maintaining order in its own state. Hitler planned to use this chao -
Anchluss with Austria
<a href='' >"Revision-GCSE." Revision-GCSE. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.</a>Hitler wished to see Germany and Austria united as one country. In 1938 he felt ready to attempt this.He bullied the Austrian chancellor to accept a Nazi as Austrian Minister of the Interior.Schuschnigg ordered a plebiscite to take place in order to find out if the Austrians really wanted to unite.Hitler encourages the Austrian Nazis to demand a union with Germany.Then he invades when the Austrian chancellor announces a vote to see what Austrians want. 99% voted yes the league did nothing. -
Apeasement
<a href='' >BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.</a>As the League of Nations crumbled, politicians turned to a new way to keep the peace - appeasement. This was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to stop him from going to war. It was based on the idea that what Hitler wanted was reasonable and, when his reasonable
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Poland Crises
<a href='' >"Poland Germany Danzig Crisis 1938-1939." Poland Germany Danzig Crisis 1938-1939. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.</a>The conflict between Germany and Poland, which was supported by Britain and France, over the Danzig territory preceded the outbreak of World War II. Beginning in October 1938, Hitler demanded that the Danzig region of Poland be ceded to Germany. This port area had been under Polish administration since the Potsdam agreement. Poland refused to cede Danzig, and in March of 1939, negotiations began between Germany and Poland. In 1939 30th of march France and Britain pledged to defend poland. -
Which factor was the most important element of Hitler's foreign policy leading to the collapse of peace in 1939?
<a href='' >"Poland Germany Danzig Crisis 1938-1939." Poland Germany Danzig Crisis 1938-1939. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.</a>Well I think the obvious factor is Hitler's decision to invade poland. First of all Britain and France acctually were willing to help a country in need for once, due to hitler violating terms from the treaty and abusing his power. Therefore one of the reason that it is an important factor is that it got France and Britain's attebtion. Another factor is that hitler proceeded to incade poland. This triggered ww2 as France and Britain were now willing to take extreme measures to stop Hitler.
