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Hitler’s foreign policy aims - Coggle Diagram
Hitler’s foreign policy aims
Impact of World War One
The end of the war was a key factor in the development of the Foreign Policy
Hitler embraced the idea that the treaty was a diktat
Hitler joined the German Worker's Party and soon became a leading memeber
The party was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the swastika became the new symbol
The party was based on similar ideas as Mussolini's Fascist Party
Unlike Mussolini, Hitler had clear ideas for Germany's foreign policy long before he attained power
A "Gross Deutschland"
Also known as Pan-Germanism
Unification of Germany with Austria (even though it was banned by the treaty)
Unification of Germany with German minorities such as Czechoslovakia and Poland
Race and Living Space
"Pure" Germans, the Aryan Race.
"Robust muscular power with first class intellect"
Hierarchy of races in connection to the 19th century belief of Social Darwinism
Human life was subject to the laws of natural selection
Lebensraum (living space) that would be taken from the east
Would involve the disposal of untermenschen, "inferior" nations (Slavs, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles and others)
The foundations for the "Third Reich"
Hitler believed that the Jews were the "most inferior" people, and his anti-Semitic views resulted in his idea that Germans had to be "protected"
Natural Enemies and Allies
Hitler saw Russia as a natural enemy of Germany as it was a communist country and Hitler believed that all the leaders were Jews
France was also considered a natural enemy due to the events of the first World War and their role in the Treaty of Versailles
Britain was seen as a potential ally, especially after it opposed France invasion of the Ruhr in 1923
Hitler also admired Britain, as he saw the British as similar to Germans racially, and he admired their empire
Italy was also seen as an ally as they had a similar ideology to Hitler