Question

State any three features of the Foreign policy adopted by Hitler.

Answer 1

To destroy the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after her defeat in World War One. Hitler felt the Treaty was unfair and most Germans supported this view.

2. To unite all German speakers together in one country. After World War One there were Germans living in many countries in Europe e.g. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland . Hitler hoped that by uniting them together in one country he would create a powerful Germany or Grossdeutschland.


3. To expand eastwards into the East (Poland, Russia) to gain land for Germany (Lebensraum- living space).