Question

What was the foreign policy of Hitler? Explain.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Adolf Hitler came to power with the goal of establishing a new racial order in Europe dominated by the German “master race.” This goal drove Nazi foreign policy, which aimed to: throw off the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles; incorporate territories with ethnic German populations into the Reich; acquire a vast new empire in Eastern Europe; form alliances; and, during the war, persuade other states to participate in the “final solution.”

KEY FACTS

1

The Nazi belief that the Germans must control Lebensraum (living space) in the “East” drove Nazi Germany’s foreign policy. Hitler recognized that acquiring Lebensraum would require war, and he began preparing for it as soon as he came to power.

2

To prepare for the war, German foreign policy sought to undo the Treaty of Versailles, build alliances, and incorporate territories with German populations into the Reich.

3

During the war, German foreign policy sought the cooperation of European states in achieving the Nazi goal of murdering the Jews in Europe.

Answer 2

Answer:

(1) He pulled out of the League of Nations in1933.

(2) He reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936.

(3) He integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, One people, One empire, and One leader.

(4)He went on to wrest German-speaking Sudentenland from Czechoslovakia and gobbled up the entire country.