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Hitler's Foreign Policy
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Hitler leaves League of Nations
The League of Nations (LoN) was set on reaching an international disarmament agreement to limit the army size of countries. However this agreement would never be made after Japan's exit and Germany's a few months later. -
Picture and source
- A picture of a newspaper anouncing Germany leaving the LoN
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Addition
This is a picture of the Saarland wich was taken from Germany 1919 and given back after the The Saar Plebiscite. For Hitler, this was the first small step towards the union of all Germans in Germany and create German living space. It was also one step closer for Germany to become the central power of germany. The Saarland might be small but it was a valuable area, containing coalfields, factories and railway centres. So both gaining the land and taking it from France was great for Hitler's go -
The Saar plebiscite
The people involved in this event is France, Germany, the LoN and the people of the Saar. 1919 the Treaty of Versailles or ToV took the Saarland from Germany and placed it under LoN controll and France was allowed to run their valuable coal mines. However after 15 years the LoN gave the people of the Saarland the choice of either stay under LoN controll, become a part of France or return to Germany. Every 9 out of ten Saarlanders voted to return to Germany. -
Pictures and sources
- A map over Germany and the Saarland
- A stamp used in the Saarland
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Pictures and sources
- A picture of a wasrship in 1935
- A picture of the delegates on their way to the anglo-german naval agreement
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Anglo-German Naval Agreement
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed on June 18, 1935 by Germany and Great Britain. The agreement limited the Kriegsmarine to 35% of the size of Great Britain’s Royal Navy. However this agreement was seen as controversial by many because it granted Germany the authority to produce a navy far larger than the Treaty of Versailles had permitted. -
Addition to Anglo-German Naval Agreement
It was also made without consultations with Italy or France wich was a problem because it damaged the relationship between the nations. A lot of their trade came from ships and they needed ships to transport the ore so they could increase their war production. Germany also got to build submarines wich was forbidden according to the Tov. This was Hitlers way of going around the Tov and ruining it. -
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
Britain, France, Germany and LoN was involved in this event. In 1919 the Tov imposed on Germany that they were'nt allow to have any troops or any fortifications in the Rhineland. If Germany violated this in any way it would be taken as an hostile act. But despise the treaty German troops remilitarized the Rhineland on bisycles so it would look as if they were less dangerous. This made it less likely for LoN to responde to the remilitarisation as a threat. -
Addition to the Rhineland
Even though germany remilitariezed the Rhineland on bisycles France still got quite scared when they noticed troops on their border. They asked Britain for help but they simply said that the Germans are just marching into their own backyard and they did not want to go to war over this. This Was yet another step towards German living space and to create a central European power. Plus they were now sharing borders with France. -
Pictures and sources to the Rhineland
- Picture of a goos is a british cartoon about the remilitarisation of the Rhineland. In its mouth it says Pax germanica wich means peace German style.
- It is a map of the Rhineland
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Pictures and sources
- A picture of the nations signing the The Anti-Comintern Pact.
- A picture of the Germans and the Japanese sharing a toast
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Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact of was an agreement between Germany and the Empire of Japan and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan Nov. 6, 1937.In case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against Germany or Japan, the two nations agreed to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests". They also agreed that no one of them would make any political treaties with the Soviet Union and that Germany was to recognise the puppet regime Manchuria. -
Addition to The Anti-Comintern Pact
Germany however did not have any plans for this pact to last and signed Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 23 Aug 1939. This greatly damaged the relationship between Italy and Germany and Japan and Germany. The Anti-Comintern Pact was the part of Hitler’s foreign policy to destroy communism . But also to make new powerful allies that would either help him or at least they wouldn't go against him. However Hitler found Russia as a better allie when he wanted to attack Poland. -
The Sudetenland
The Sudetenland, which had a big German population, became a part of Czechoslovakia when that new nation’s frontiers were drawn in 1918–19 when ToV was signed. Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia unless Britain supported Germany's plans to takeover the Sudetenland. Mussolini thought that solving this issue was to hold a four-power conference exclouding both Chez and Soviet. The powers in this conference was Germany, Britain, France and Italy. -
Pictures and sources for the Sudetenland
- A Map over Germany and the sudetenland
- A picture of the marks used by Sudetenland Germans
Cantrell, John. 20th Century History for Cambridge IGCSE. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013. Print.
"Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016. -
Addition to the Sudetenland
Britain, Italy and France was desperate to keep the peace they agreed that Germany could have the Sudetenland. But Germany had to promise not to demand any more territory from the european powers. German troops marched inte the Sudatenland 1st October, 1938. The Sudatenland contain almost all forts and defences of Chez and without it they were unable to defend against further attacks. This event is as most of the thing Hitler did an act to unite all German people and to create a European power. -
Addition to anchluss
The chancellor wanted to know what the people wanted so he called for a plebicite. To make sure that the plebicite was agreed on Hitler moved troops to supervise the voting. 99.75 percent voted for an anchluss. Britain and France appeased Germany so they did not interfere at all. British Chamberlain even felt as if the Austians had the right for union with Germany. Hitler broke another term of the ToV and people saw the entire treaty as suspect. There would be no war over a flawed treaty. -
Pictures and sources for the anchluss
- A picture of people greeting the nazis in Austria
- A map over Austria and Germany
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Anschluss with Austria
After the succeses earlier in 1930 Hitler turned to Auststria. The reason for this was that the people in Austria was mainly German and he felt like the two states belonged together adn he wanted to bring them together. This was a part of his goal to unite all the German people and to create a greater Germany. There was a strong nazi party in Austria that caused riots and other trouble. Hitler said that if the Austrian chancellor agreed to a anschluss then these problems would be solved. -
Addition to the Poland crisis
However the promise of protection from France and Britain did not work well since they were both on the opposite side of germany. And since Russia did not agree with the proposal Polan was basicly left to fend for itself if Germany was to attack. Hitler decided to do this against Danzig for several reasons. He still had his foreign polecies and because Danzig was mostly German populated he wanted to unite them. He also wanted land connect both parts of the Germany split by the green corridor. -
Pictures and sources for crisis in Poland
- A map of Germanny, Poland and Danzig.
- A picture of Nazis entering Danzig.
"The Danzig Crisis." WW2DB RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016 -
Poland
1939 march 15 Germany did almost the same as he had done to the Sudatenland but to Danzig an area wich was lokated between the two split parts of Germany. Through doing this Hitler broke the promise he made after he recived the Sudatenland wich was to not demand any new territory from the european powers. However France and Britain would not give in as easely this time and they promised Poland their assistance if Germany were to attack. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
The pact was to make the nations that signed not to be aggressive against each other, remain neutral in case of war with other states, share information, and resolve disputes peacefully. Adolf Hitler needed a guarantee of Soviet neutrality before he could launch his assault on Poland, for he believed that Germany could not fight on two fronts simultaneously. Fearing that Great Britain and France would honor their promise of defence to Poland and come to its defense. -
addition to Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
On September 3, 1939, Britain and France, having guaranteed to protect Poland's borders five months earlier, declared war on Germany. These events marked the beginning of World War II. autumn of 1939 according to the plan the russian army occupied and annexed eastern Poland. These events was the start of the ww2. And this was Hitler's final acts to destroy the ToV, to create a central european power and to unite all the german people. -
Pictures and sources
- A picture of a British newspaper article of Germany and Russias allience.
- A cartoon showing Germany and Russia joining an alliance.
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Which event was the most significant?
According to me the most singificant reason for the collapse of peace by 1939 is the Sudatenland. Actually it is the appeasment that ruined the peace because it made Hitler able to do a lot of things that he was not supposed to. However the Sudatenland was the main part of the appeasment and it truly did show Hitler that he could do almost anything. -
Addition to the most significant event
France, Britain and Italy was extreamly scared of Germany and therefor they appeased him. And when they gave Germany the Sudatenland it showed just how scared and how determined France and Britain was to avoid war. The Sudatenland was Chez only defence and it had a lot of valuable things in it like railroads. This made Germany even stronger and chez weaker. Another of Hitler's steps towards being a central European power.
