hitler’s foreign policy and the causes of world war ii
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Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the causes of World War II. Outline of what we’ll cover. Hitler’s aims and The Treaty of Versailles Rearmament Expansion Anchluss Appeasement Nazi-Soviet Pact Task...Let’s see what you already know..work in pairs.. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the causes of World War II
Outline of what we’ll cover....Hitler’s aims and The Treaty of VersaillesRearmamentExpansionAnchlussAppeasementNazi-Soviet Pact
Task...Let’s see what you already know..work in pairs..
3 Facts or statements about each bullet point..
Hitler’s Aims and the TofV?Hitler’s Aims were outlined in Mein Kampf?
(1924)Part of his popular support was due to
attitude to the Treaty... Come up with 4 issues that Germans disliked?
Hitler comes to power in January 1933...
AIMS: DESTROY THE TofV – REARM & RECAPTURE
UNITE ALL GERMAN SPEAKERS EXPAND EAST – LEBENSRAUM DESTROY COMMUNISM
Rearmament
Use pp45 to list at least 3 actions of aggression or rearmament. What was the REACTION to Hitler’s actions?
How is this a CAUSE of WW II?
Rhineland 1936
32,000 invadersHitler’s gambleReaction of Rhinelanders
Why did the British and French fail to enforced the TofV?
What does the cartoon tell us about Nazi attitude to military restrictions imposed by the TofV? (6)Use the sources and your own knowledge,
ContextInterpretationKnowledge
Anchluss with Austria 1938
Anchluss 1938Objective to unite German speaking peoplePrevious attempt 1934 (Mussolini & von
Schuschnigg)Spanish Civil War 1936 improved Nazi-Italian
relationsRome-Berlin Axis (1936) & Anti-Commitern Act
(1937)
Austrian Nazi plot to overthrow governmentRioting in Austria. Hitler sent troops in to
restore peace.80,000 opponents imprisoned, Hitler enters
AustriaPlebicite, (vote) 99.75% said ‘yes’ to Anchluss
Appeasement
Winston Churchill
Appeasement: The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies in an attempt to maintain peace.
Timeline of Invasion/Appeasement12-13 September 1938:
Hitler encourages Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten Nazis, to rebel, and demands a union with Germany.
When the Czech government declares martial law, Hitler threatens war.
15 September 1938: Chamberlain goes to see Hitler at Berchtesgaden. Without consulting Czechoslovakia, he promises to give Hitler
all the areas where more than 50 per cent of the population is German. Then he persuades France to agree.
22-23 September 1938: Chamberlain goes to Bad Godesberg to tell Hitler about the
decision, but Hitler now demands ALL the Sudetenland. Chamberlain refuses; it looks like war.
Chamberlain calls the crisis 'a quarrel in a faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing'.
30 September 1938: At Munich, France and Britain agree to give Hitler the
Sudetenland. Chamberlain waves 'a piece of paper' with Hitler's statement
that he does not want to go to war. German troops march into the Sudetenland, and are welcomed as heroes.
Appeasement “How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is, that we should be
digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here, because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing...
However much we may sympathise with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbour, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in war simply on her account. If we have to fight, it must be on larger issues than that. I am myself a man of peace to the depths of my soul; armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me... War is a fearful thing, and we must be very clear before we embark on it, that it is really the great issues that are at stake.”
Neville Chamberlain
AppeasementFor Appeasement Against Appeasement
Not ready to fightMemory of WW1Public didn’t want warNeed for a strong
GermanyTofV had been unfairHitler admired!
Green light to HitlerLegitimise his actionsGermany not ready for
warMade war inevitableForced Nazi/Soviet
Alliance
Results of Appeasement
Hitler invades the rest of CzechoslovakiaHitler had captured non-German speaking people...Britain no longer trusted GermanyBritain promised to defend Poland if Germany
attacked.
Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement was the best policy to avoid war with Nazi Germany.
To what extent do you agree with this statement.Use your own knowledge and the source.
Nazi Soviet Pact August 1939Silly Video
Stalin wanted to work with Britain and France to halt Hitler’s advance.
Negotiations didn’t go well:
Britain and France didn’t trust StalinStalin didn’t think the British & French could halt
HitlerPoland weren’t happy to have Soviet troops in Poland
Nazi Soviet Pact August 1939SURPISE! Hitler and Stalin signed the Pact in
secret!
Promised not to fight one anotherSecretly agreed to split Poland
Why would Stalin and Hitler sign an agreement They hate each other!
HitlerAllowed Germany to
continue expansionLebensraumDivided his
‘enemies’Buying time to
rearmStalinAllowed USSR to
expandStalin didn’t trust
Britain and FranceAvoid conflictBuying time to
rearm
Nazi Germany
France & Britain
Soviet Union
Treaty of Versailles
Cause of World War II
Hitler’s Aims & TofV Expansion Rearmament
Anschluss Appeasement Nazi-Soviet Pact