Interwar Years (1919-1939)

Flashcards about Hitler's Foreign Policy & Road to World War II

Aryans

Blond and Blue-eyed, considered the 'Pure and Superior race'.

Hitler's Goal

Germany must regain a dominant position in Europe.

Creation of Aryan State

Antisemitism was at the core; belief in a greater race needing more space.

Lebensraum

More living space for Germans, particularly in Eastern Europe/USSR.

Conflict with Communism

Hatred/conflict with communism, leading to taking land in the East including the Soviet Union.

Aggressor Nations (besides Germany)

Japan and Italy.

Hitler's actions in 1933

Hitler withdrew Germany from Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations.

German military buildup in 1935

Built up air force, draft for army.

Country that made naval agreement with Germany

Great Britain

Country invaded by Mussolini's Italy in 1935

Ethiopia

Demilitarized German territory Hitler sent troops into in 1936

Rhineland

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Targets of German Aggression (1938-1939)

Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.

The Anschluss

The union in German, the takeover of Austria in 1938.

German-speaking territory in Czechoslovakia targeted by Germany in 1938

Sudetenland

Conference that allowed Germany to take Sudetenland

Munich Conference

British Prime Minister who declared 'peace in our time'

British Prime Minister Chamberlin

Chamberlain's Policy

Appeasement, giving into someone's demands.

Country fully invaded in 1939, leading to the failure of appeasement

Czechoslovakia

Agreement between Hitler and Stalin in August 1939

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Secret clause in the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Divide Poland between themselves.

New type of warfare used by Germany when invading Poland

German Blitzkrieg

Date France and Great Britain declared war against Germany

September 3, 1939