Hitler's+Foreign+Policies+Prior+to+WW2

** __Hitler's Foreign Policies Prior to WWII​__ ** //The ultimate goal of Hitler was to establish Germany as// //a great central power in Europe, and eventually the world.// There were 3 main aims of his foreign policy: 1. 1. __Destroying the Treaty of Versailles__ – felt the treaty limited Germany’s abilities to prosper and thrive; placed limits on Hitlers militarization policies 2. __Unite all the German speaking people in one country__ – implementing policies of Pan-Germanism in Hopes of creating a greater, more powerful Germany //(// **//Großdeutschland//** //)// 3. __Expand their territory to gain “living space”,__ //__Lebensraum,__// __for the German people__ – expand into the East: Poland, Ukraine etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - //**Hitler initiated a series of actions that violated the treaty of Versailles, until ultimately the bind of the treaty on Germany was**// //lost due to the lack of action by countries of the League of Nations, such as Great Britain and France// • - 1933: Germany ceased paying reparations altogether • Germany began to build an air force & secret rearmament • - 1935: Re-introduction of compulsory military service for all able-bodied young men - increase in the size of the German armed forces. (Major breach of the treaty). • - 1936: Remilitarized the Rhineland, which had been remained German but been demilitarized under terms of the Versailles Treaty. (Major breach). • - 1938: Annexation of Austria - contrary to the treaty. (Major breach). • - 1939 (March): Annexed Memel. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Aim 2 – Unite the German speaking people into one country**
 * Aim 1 - Destroy the Treaty of Versailles**

**•** __**The Anschuluss of 1938**__ **–** //annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi regime. Plebicite held for the people of// // Austria, 99.73% // //was in favor, but take in consideration the Nazi troops were already occupied in Austria// **•** __**The Sudetenland as part of Nazi Germany -**__// western regions of Czechosolvakia, inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Aim 3 – Expansion for Lebensraum** //Hitler believed that the German people needed Lebensraum, in order to achieve his vision of a Greater Germany. He expressed that the “living space” or the land and the raw materials within the land should rightfully belong to the Aryan Race.//

__INVASION OF POLAND - September 1939__ - Initially wanted to occupy the German speaking town of Danzig. - Danzig is not the subject of the dispute at all. It is a question//** **//of expanding our living space in the east… there is no question of sparing Poland.//**” – Hitler 1939 - France & Britain declare war on Germany -> __the start of WWII__ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • http://www.historyguide.org/europe/hitler.html • @http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html • @http://www.docstoc.com/docs/11383431/Adolf-Hitler-Ideology • @http://www.thecorner.org/hist/total/f-italy.htm • @http://www.historyhome.co.uk/europe/hitfor.htm • @http://www.johndclare.net/RoadtoWWII1_IGCSEnotes.htm
 * //“Further successes can no longer be attained without the shedding of blood…