Hitler's Foreign Policy - Incomplete Notes

Foreign Policy Aims

• Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
• Unite German-Speaking People
• Take back the Rhineland as a militarized zone
• Expand into Poland and Russia (Lebensraum)
• Make Alliances/Agreements with Great Brittian and Franc (as well as others) to set the stage for expansion. His aim was to remilitarize the country to create fear in his enemies. Great Britain and France were expected to be reluctant for a repeat of WWI so Hitler hoped they would be ready to compromise.
• Non-Aggression-Pact with Poland (1934). This was more of a tactical move. It lasted 5 years out of the 10.
• Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact (1939)
• Munich Agreement (1938)
• Rome-Berlin Axis (1936) Mussolini - Hitler
  
• "The Pact of Steel" 1939 ~ These agreements were to stop the spread of communism in Europe. Mussolini - Hitler
  

F~Fear tactic used to compromise / set stage for expansion into Poland and Russia.
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R~ (the) Rhineland was demilitarized due to the Versailles Treaty. Hitler's aim was to reestablish a strong military and return the Rhineland into a militarized zone.
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G~ Great Brittain was reluctant to go to war and repeat World War One, thus Hitler took advantage of the situation to attempt compromise.
N~ Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

P~ Poland and Germany signed a non-agression pact. This was a tactic Hitler used to achieve his aims.
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L~ Lebensraum was an aim of Hitler's. He aimed to move into Poland and Russia and expand the country.
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C~ Czechoslovakia contained a German minority in the Sudentan Land. Hitler's used this minority to take control over the country by encouraging Germans in the Sudentanland to demonstrate against the Chzech government.
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Appeasement was a policy (established by Chamberlin) of giving into Hitler’s reasonable demands in order to prevent war.