Germany's Foreign Policy
When Germany was under a monetary crisis after having to pay reparations for World War II, people had turned to Adolf Hitler. He made promises of restoring Germany to its original form and many people were willing to support him. However, the failure of the Munich Putsch in 1923 had failed and had led to his imprisonment. Here, Hitler wrote a book, Mein Kampf, where he introduced his ideology of Germany, his aims and ambitions. In January 1933, when Hitler was appointed chancellor and soon became sole dictator of Germany. He then put his aims to action. Hitler had three main aims in preparing Germany for war. His first goal was to tear up the Treaty of Versailles which brought an end to WWI. This treaty blamed Germany for starting the war, it took away large amounts of land, money and materials from her, and cur her armed forces down to a minimum. Hitler's second aim was to unite all Germans into one single country. As there were millions of Germans scattered in neighboring countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, these countries would have to be brought under his control. His third aim was to provide Germany with what he called lebensraum or living space. He said that Germany was overcrowded and did not h
In 1935, all was revealed when Hitler re-introduced conscription and that the army would be built up to 550,000 men. Three countries, Britain, France and Italy, signed an agreement condemning Hitler's announcement. But no country took military action to stop this breach of the Treaty of Versailles. All three of these aims could only be achieved if Germany rearmed, massively increasing her armed forces. Hitler's next destination was Sudentenland, an area in Czechoslovakia where three million of the people there spoke German and most of them supported a nazi-style party called the Sudeten German Party. It's leader, Konrad Henlein, was told to arrange riots and distract the country so German could come in and make that as an excuse to stop the riots. The Czechs soon found out what Hitler was up to and had a big army and strong defenses and they also had France supporting them. Hitler was not prepared to fight two countries at the one time. Hitler, however, got his second chance from Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain. Chamberlain thought that the Sudentenland should belong to Germany and if Germany didn't get her own way it would create a war. A war in which France and Britain would be involved. He would go to almost any lengths to avoid such a war. This policy was called appeasement. So now Hitler could continue with his invasion without having to worry about France. Early morning of 1 September 1939, German invaded Poland. 2 days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War began. ave enough food or raw materials for her needs.
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