1933-1936 Interpretations Flashcards
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what was the foreign policies of the First and Second Reich?
expansion through war
diplomacy with other nations/alliances
why did hitler call the nazi regime the third reich?
believed his foreign policy continued the work of previous german empires
wanted to make Germany as powerful as they had been e.g. he was positioned next to previous leaders in nazi propaganda
when was the treaty of versailles signed?
28 june 1919
what happened to german military after tov?
max 100000 soldiers; no airforce; no submarines; no tanks
how did stresemann go against the terms of the tov?
secret rearmament agreements made with ussr e.g. german tanks being built and tested in ussr by 1928
what agreement was made about the rhineland in 1930?
allies withdrew troops 5 years earlier than planned
who was the director of KWIA and what did he believe in?
Eugen Fischer
controlling human reproduction to improve genetic quality of humans
how did hitler overturn the work of stresemann?
withdrew germany for the league of nations in 1934 which was joined in 1920
when did hitler write mein kampf?
1925
what was the name of hitlers other unpublished book and when?
zweites buch 1928
identify 3 foreign policy aims outlined in his books
overturn tov
expansion/lebensraum
alliances with racially superior countries
what was the name of the nazi party’s foreign office set up in 1933?
the bureau ribbentrop
what did hitler declare in 1933?
aim to overturn the tov with diplomacy
when and what was the non-agression pact?
jan 1934
germany/poland agreed to not go to war with each other
when did the nazis attempt but fail to take control of austria?
july 1934
why did germany fail to take control of austria?
M moved 40000 italian troops to the austro-italian frontier forcing germany to back down
which area voted to be part of germany and when?
saarland (previously controlled by league of nations)
great propaganda success for the nazis
jan 1935
when did the nazis announce the four year pan?
1936
when did the nazis announce that germany was rearming?
16 march 1935
when did german troops enter the rhineland?
march 1936
when was the rome-berlin axis and why was it signed?
nov 1936 they were both supporting the spanish fascists in the spanish civil war
what did the anti-comintern pact state?
germany, japan and italy would do all they could to stop communism spreading