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Nazis in Power
Part 1: Consent
and Popularity
Nazi Foreign
Policy
Foreign Policy in Nazi Germany
• So far we have looked at
election results, the
economy, law and order
and youth policy in this
unit.
• Today we will look at
Foreign Policy (the
defence of the country/
dealings with other
countries)
Remember!
• The Nazi Party received a great deal of
support for doing the things Weimar
could not. For example:
• Put people to work
• Restore law and order
• Defending the country
Foreign Policy - KU
• One of the main
criticisms of Weimar
was their acceptance of
the Treaty of Versailles
Diktat
• Germans felt it left
Germany weak and
vulnerable to attack
• As we know, Hitler was
strongly against the
Treaty
Hitler’s Foreign Policy - KU
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Was aimed at destroying the
Treaty of Versailles
Payment of reparations ended
during Depression but Hitler
took credit.
Withdrew from the League of
Nations (Oct 1933)
After 1935 increased army size,
built tanks, war planes etc
Remilitarised the Rhineland
(1936)
Demanded Lebensraum (living space) for
the survival of the Aryan Race (mainly to
be taken from Eastern Europe)
Accomplished the Anschluss (union with
Austria) denied by Versailles – March
1938
• All of these had been banned by the
Treaty of Versailles but Hitler ignored
the hated Diktat
Foreign Policy - Analysis
• All German people
hated Versailles and
were glad when Hitler
ignored it
• Most people felt Nazi
foreign policy went a
long way to restoring
German pride and to
making Germany a
strong nation once
again, this gained the
Nazis support.
Nazis in Power Essay Plan
we will now add today’s information on to the plan for this essay
Consent/Popularity
Foreign Policy
KU:
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