Hitler's Foreign Policy
Hitler’s Foreign Policy (1933 - 1939)
German Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles.
The Aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy.
German Rearmament.
The Saar Plebiscite.
The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland.
The Anschluss with Austria.
The Sudetenland Crisis.
The Munich Agreement &Appeasement.
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The Nazi-Soviet Pact.
The Invasion of Poland.
The Timeline of Hitler’s Foreign Policy (1933 - 1939)
(Reversal of the Treaty of Versailles & Steps to the Second World War)
1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany.
Germany withdrawals from the World Disarmament Conference. Germany withdrawals from the League of Nations.
1934 Hitler orders rearmament and tells the army to prepare for war.
1935 Germany reintroduces conscription to the army.
Anglo-German Naval Agreement is agreed.
The Saar is returned to Germany after a Plebiscite.
1936 Germany remilitarises the Rhineland. The Rome-Berlin Axis is agreed.
1938 German invades Austria (Anschluss). The Sudentenland Crisis.
The Munich Agreement.
1939 Germany occupies the whole of Czechoslovakia. Nazi-Soviet Pact is agreed. Germany invades Poland. Second World War starts.
German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles included:
They were enraged when they saw the extremely harsh terms of the treaty.
They were not allowed to negotiate over its terms and were forced to accept it.
They felt that the terms of the treaty were extremely unfair and humiliating.
They felt that they should not have to accept sole responsibility for the war.
Many Germans started calling for revenge to reverse the effects of the treaty.
Many Germans attacked the new Weimar democratic government for signing it.
Many labelled the politicians who signed the treaty “November Criminals” who had “stabbed in the back” the army, which still controlled most of Europe in 1918.
The treaty undermined the new democratic
German Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles.
The Aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy.
German Rearmament.
The Saar Plebiscite.
The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland.
The Anschluss with Austria.
The Sudetenland Crisis.
The Munich Agreement &Appeasement.
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The Nazi-Soviet Pact.
The Invasion of Poland.
The Timeline of Hitler’s Foreign Policy (1933 - 1939)
(Reversal of the Treaty of Versailles & Steps to the Second World War)
1933 Hitler seizes power in Germany.
Germany withdrawals from the World Disarmament Conference. Germany withdrawals from the League of Nations.
1934 Hitler orders rearmament and tells the army to prepare for war.
1935 Germany reintroduces conscription to the army.
Anglo-German Naval Agreement is agreed.
The Saar is returned to Germany after a Plebiscite.
1936 Germany remilitarises the Rhineland. The Rome-Berlin Axis is agreed.
1938 German invades Austria (Anschluss). The Sudentenland Crisis.
The Munich Agreement.
1939 Germany occupies the whole of Czechoslovakia. Nazi-Soviet Pact is agreed. Germany invades Poland. Second World War starts.
German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles included:
They were enraged when they saw the extremely harsh terms of the treaty.
They were not allowed to negotiate over its terms and were forced to accept it.
They felt that the terms of the treaty were extremely unfair and humiliating.
They felt that they should not have to accept sole responsibility for the war.
Many Germans started calling for revenge to reverse the effects of the treaty.
Many Germans attacked the new Weimar democratic government for signing it.
Many labelled the politicians who signed the treaty “November Criminals” who had “stabbed in the back” the army, which still controlled most of Europe in 1918.
The treaty undermined the new democratic