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HITLER’S FOREIGN POLICY
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AIMS
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UNITE ALL GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE
GET RID OF HATED TREATY of VERSAILLES
MORE LIVING SPACE
RE-ARM GERMANY
RE-ARMING GERMANY
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VERY UNHAPPPY WITH VERSAILLES RESTRICTIONS
INTRODUCED CONSCRIPTION
OATH OF LOYALTY FROM ARMY
NEW AIRFORCE – LUFTWAFFE – GOERING
NEW FACTORIES – TANKS, PLANES, GUNS
NEW WARSHIPS AND U-BOATS BUILT
THE RHINELAND
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A DEMILITARISED ZONE UNDER TREATY
HITLER MADE MOVE IN 1935
RE-OCCUPIED RHINELAND – VERY CAUTIOUS
BRITAIN/FRANCE PROTESTED – NO ACTION
HITLER “HAD GAMBLED AND WON”
HUGE SIGNIFICANT EVENT FOR HITLER
FINDING ALLIES
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MUSSOLINI DISTRUSTED HITLER AT FIRST
FEARED GERMAN-AUSTIAN UNION
1935 – ITALY INVADED ABYSSINIA – CONDEMED
ROME-BERLIN AXIS FORMED AS RESULT
BOTH SUPPORTED FRANCO IN SPANISH CIVIL
WAR
PACT OF STEEL FORMED 1939
ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN – FORMED ANTICOMINTERN PACT
AUSTRIA
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HUGE SIGNIFICANCE TO HITLER
BIRTHPLACE AND GERMAN SPEAKING
UNION FORBIDDEN IN TREATY – ANCHLUSS
AUSTRIAN NAZI PARTY – OWN PM
INVITED GERMANS INTO AUSTRIA – RESTORE LAW
AND ORDER
UNION – 1938 – THE ANCHLUSS
BRITAIN AND FRANCE DID NOTHING
THE SUDETENLAND
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PART OF NEW STATE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
OVER 3 MILLION GERMAN SPEAKERS
SPECIAL CONFERENCE IN MUNICH
MUSSOLINI – KEY ROLE – CZECHS NOT INVITED
HITLER’S DEMANDS MET – RELIEF IN UK AND FRANCE
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF APPEASEMENT
BUT……….. MARCH 1939 – NAZIS TAKEOVER REST
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
TOTAL STATE OF PANIC IN UK AND FRANCE
Nazi – Soviet Pact 1939
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SPECIAL TREATY SIGNED – GERMANY AND USSR
10 YEAR NON AGGRESSION PACT
TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH
SECRET PACT TO DIVIDE UP POLAND
TREATY HAD ADVANTAGES FOR BOTH SIDES
UK AND FRANCE SHOCKED/SURPRISED
World War II
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HITLER USED EXCUSE TO ATTACK POLAND
INVASION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 1ST 1939
MASSIVE MILITARY OPERATION
USE OF NEW TACTIC – BLITZKRIEG WAR
POLAND DEVASTATED EASILY
UK AND FRANCE DECLARED WAR
START OF WWII