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What were Hitler’s aims and actions in foreign policy?. And how did Britain react?. Hitler’s aims – p. 256. Reverse the terms of the TOV Unite all German speaking people into Grossdeutschland (the Aryan master race)
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What were Hitler’s aims and actions in foreign policy? And how did Britain react?
Hitler’s aims – p. 256 • Reverse the terms of the TOV • Unite all German speaking peopleinto Grossdeutschland (the Aryan master race) • Gain‘living space’ ‘Lebensraum’ for the master race by conquering Slavic countries to the east of Germany • Destroy Communism
Re-arming Germany (Getting the Saar back) Getting the Rhineland back Uniting with Austria Taking over German speaking areas of Czechoslovakia Taking the rest of Czechoslovakia Taking over Poland Invading the USSR What would this involve?
Yes? P.256 Choose 4 short quotes from sources 4, 5 and 6 to suggest that Hitler had already planned his foreign policy back in 1924 No? P.257 Explain what AJP Taylor thought ….. Did Hitler have a master plan?
The name given to the policy of trying to avoid war by making concessions to aggressive countries. It is particularly associated with British policy towards Hitler in the 1930s The PM most associated with this policy is Neville Chamberlain, 1937-1940 Appeasement
For: Imagine yourself in 1933 aged 15. Summarise each reason in their order of importance to YOU. Which reasons do you think influenced the government the most? (it was a Conservative government) Against: Summarise each reason Which reasons do sources 22, 23 and 24 support? LO: The arguments for and against appeasement
LO: Hitler’s destruction of the TOV • Make notes on the events of 1933-7 from p. 84-5 of your own book • Under each heading, write bullet points about what happened and what the British attitude to Hitler was at that time. • Finish for homework because tomorrow you’ll need to know what you’re talking about …