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Hitlers Foreign Policy - 1933-1939
- To make Germany Great
- 1933 - Hitler become to power
- Rebuilt army, Destory TOV,
Left LON (1933), Joined (1926),
- Left LON because
disarmament conference (1932)
- France refused to disarm. G leaves and rearms.
- 1935 - conscription
- Forced to gain G army, Stresa
Front - Italy, Britain and France.
To stop G from rearming.
- Unite all G speaking people
- 6-7 million people
- Anschluss
- Union denied by TOV
- Living space
- Lenbensraum
Sudentenland (3 million)
- Saar - LON - 15 years given a vote
- Poland (Polish Corridor)
- Czech (Greed)
13% (17,500km)
Plebiscite
- Hitler wants to expand east
- Rhineland - 17th March 1936
- Background: Rhineland is Germanys. Rhineland is G back
garden. It was demilitarised by TOV. G singed a 25 year
Non-Agression pact and Locarno Pact to prevent war.
- Hitler invaded the Rhineland
- Reaction: LON condemned G. Only Russia wanted to
enforce sanction (didnt happen).
- Why: B+F distracted by Abysinnia Crisis (1935) with Italy.
G owned Rhineland.
- Aftermaths: Hitler has a vote, 99% agree with Hitler's action.
- 1934 - 10 Year Non-agression pact with Poland
- Aim- guarette the border with Poland
(Polish Corridor after TOV)
- Why? Give Poland false sense of
sense of security
- Who did it? B + P
- 1934 - Failed Anschluss
- Hitler encouraged Nazi Party in Austria to rebel.
Death of Chancellor Dollfuss but Mussolini placed
his forces on Austrian border to stop G.
- Conseqences - Hitler backed down
- 1935 - Anglo-G Naval agreement
- Germany, Britain and France
- G can have 35% of the size of B fleet (No subs included)
- Direct violation of Stressa front and TOV
- By 1938 G had 2,000 aircraft
800,000 soldiers, 47 U-Boats
- 1935 - Return of the Saar
- Saar belonged to LON for 15years
- People given a vote after 15 Years
- 8% - LON
2% - F
90% - G
- Consequences - Saar returned to G
- Results of Remiltarisation
- Hitler destroyed TOV
- Hitler was strengthend
- Signed Rome - Berlin axis with Mussolini
- Could we have stopped Hitler?
- French Army stronger
- Sanctions would cripple G
- 1935 - Sudetenland
- Nazi rebellion is Sudetenland - Henlein
- Why - 3 million G in Sud. Raw materials
and well furtified. Henelien is supported by
Hitler
- 15th Sept 1938 Chamberlain flew in G. Hitler tells
chamberlain he wants Sud after a Vote
- Chamberlain convinces B+F+Czech. Czech flew back to G. Mussolini surprised
and asks for all of Sud without vote. C flew back to B and rearms. C receives
role from Hitler inviting him to Munich Conference
- 1938 - Anschluss
- Events - Nazi rebellion in Austria
- Chancellor: Schushnigg
- Nazi Leader: Seyss - Inquart
- Hitler refused to help the chancellor when he
asked for help to put down/stop rebellion
- Hitler asked Chancellor to make Seyss-Inquart
Minister of the Interior Police
- Chancellor say he will hold a vote in Austria to ask
the people if they wont be Austria or G
- Hitler moves his troops to A border
- Chancellor - resigns
- Seystrquart - New Czech, invites Hitler Germany in to Austria
- 80,000 - in concentration camps
- B + F protest but do nothing
- The effects of Hitlers takeover of
Czech
- No G speaking people in Czech
- Marked end of Appeasement
- H proved Chamberlian could not be trusted
- Lithuania was forced t surrender the province of Memel
- B didnt' help Czech
- Mussolini is Hitlers Allie
- B guaranteed the independence of Romania and Greece
- Conscription was introduced into Britain during peace time
- Hitlers strengthened his relationship with
Mussolini by signing the Pact of Steel
- Pact of Steel, May 1939
- Hitler and Mussolini signed a Pact of Steel in which they
promised to act side by side in future events.
- Hitler withdrew G's Non-Agression Pact of 1934
with Poland and The Anglo - G Naval AgreemeNt
of 1935
- Role of USSR
- April 1939 - B + F. Signed pact
with Poland to guarantee border
from G
- B + F asked R for help
- P is afraid of G + R
- R signed Nazi Soviet Pact with G
- 1939 - Nazi Soviet Pact
- 23rd August 1939
- 1937 - G, I and Japan
- Against Communism (Pact)
- Divided Poland in to 2
- Avoid a war on 2 fronts
- G had asked P for DanZig back (LON)
- 1st Sept - G Invaded P
- 3rd Sept - B declares war
- Appeasement - giving Hitler what he wants within reason 1919-1939
- For
- Feeling that G has genuine grievances that could be solved
- Britain want to avoid another war
- Britain couldn't afford rearmament
- Collapse of LON - Someone had to keep peace
- British feared comminists
- Against
- Hitler couldn't be trusted
- Made Britain look weak - gave Hitler confidence
- Betraying lands that were protected by TOV
- Hitler - increase and strengthen power