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Hitler's Foreign Policy
- Rearmament
- Why?
- Necessary for an
aggressive foreign policy
- Lebensraum involved taking
territory in the East
- Lebensraum involved taking
territory in the East
- Creates pride in the
German people
- Humiliation from the
Treaty of Versailles
- Humiliation from the
Treaty of Versailles
- Helps economic recovery
- Jobs in arms manufacturing and
conscription
- Jobs in arms manufacturing and
conscription
- Necessary for an
aggressive foreign policy
- How?
- Secrecy
- Rearmament in secret until 1935
- Rearmament in secret until 1935
- Alliances and Agreements
- Anglo-German Naval Agreement
- Kriegsmarine expanded to 35% Royal Navy
- Kriegsmarine expanded to 35% Royal Navy
- Anglo-German Naval Agreement
- Opportunism
- Remilitarisation of Rhineland
during Abyssinian Crisis
- Remilitarisation of Rhineland
during Abyssinian Crisis
- Secrecy
- What?
- Army
- 1932 - 100,000 men
1939 - 950,000 men
- Panzer battalions introduced
- 1932 - 100,000 men
1939 - 950,000 men
- Kreigsmarine
- 1932 - 30 warships
1929 - 95 warships
- 1932 - 30 warships
1929 - 95 warships
- Luftwaffe
- 1932 - 36 planes
1939 - 8250 planes
- Announced in 1935
- 1932 - 36 planes
1939 - 8250 planes
- Army
- Why?
- Unification of German-speaking peoples
- Anschluss with Austria, March 1938
- Failed attempt in 1934 after
Mussolini blocked him
- By 1938, they were allies with
the Rome-Berlin Axis
- By 1938, they were allies with
the Rome-Berlin Axis
- Large Nazi party in Austria who
rioted at Hitler's command
- Hitler pressurised
Schuschnigg for an Anschluss
- He appealed to the League in vain
- He ordered a plebiscite causing
Hitler to send troops
- The vote passed with 99.75% in favour
- French government had
resigned two days earlier
so could not oppose it
- French government had
resigned two days earlier
so could not oppose it
- The vote passed with 99.75% in favour
- He ordered a plebiscite causing
Hitler to send troops
- He appealed to the League in vain
- Hitler pressurised
Schuschnigg for an Anschluss
- Failed attempt in 1934 after
Mussolini blocked him
- Remilitarisation of Rhineland, March 1936
- What?
- Troops to advance to the east bank of the Rhine
- Withdrawal at any opposition
- Due to more police than soldiers
- Due to more police than soldiers
- Plebiscite held in
Germany with 99% in
favour of the action
- Troops to advance to the east bank of the Rhine
- How?
- The League was busy with the
Abyssinian Crisis
- France and USSR had just signed the
Mutual Assistance Pact
- The League was busy with the
Abyssinian Crisis
- What?
- Sudetenland, 1938
- Why?
- 2 million Germanic people
- Coal, iron and steelworks
- Bohemian Mountains as defence
- 2 million Germanic people
- Lead-up
- Benes got a guarantee from
France after Austria
- Hitler claimed this was his
last claim in Europe
- GB and France asked
Cz to give Hitler some
of the Sudetenland
- Benes got a guarantee from
France after Austria
- Takeover
- Hitler backtracked and said he
wanted all of the land
- War seemed likely
- War seemed likely
- GB, France, Italy and Germany met in Munich
- Munich Agreement gave Hitler
ALL of the Sudetenland
- Czechoslovakia and USSR
was never consulted
- Munich Agreement gave Hitler
ALL of the Sudetenland
- Hitler backtracked and said he
wanted all of the land
- Why?
- Anschluss with Austria, March 1938
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