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The reaction of the great powers to Nazi Germany - Coggle Diagram
The reaction of the great powers to Nazi Germany
Great Britain
Suffered economic problems and the costs of defending a worldwide empire
1933: threat from both Germany and Japan
Great Britain and Germany
main aim was to blunt Hitler's agression by slowly continuing to modify the Treaty of Versailles while trying to draw Germany back to the league
France
France and Geramny
franco - german negotiations
willing to negotiate with Hitler due to economic weaknesses, social division and fear of war
aim to negotiate with German an agreement guaranteeing the Versailles system
Hitler was ready to have diplomatic exchanges but not to tolerate any restrictions
france response to Nazi Germany was hesitant and contradictory: they wanted to contain Germany through alliances but also seeked to negotiate with Hitler
franco - russian negotiations
This did not work as Germany and Poland refused to join
The Franco soviet union of Mutual assistance was signed
An agreement that would associate Russia with the Locarno agreements in western Europe and France with the proposed eastern pact
Paris refused to follow up the treaty, as French public opinion on the right was deeply suspicious of the USSR
franco - italian negotiations
Nazi coup in Viena: Germany tried to convince Mussolini that a military agreement with France was essential
1935 Rome Agreement
Franco - Italian military staff talks: started to discuss joining military action in the event of German attack on Austria, Italy or France
France had lost the diploatic leadership Europe, their economy was weakened due to the Depression and social cohesion was threatened by a wave of rioting
Society was divided between the right (wanted to engotiate with Hitler and Mussolini) and the left (wanted to fight fascism and viewd Russia as an ally)
Attempted to strengthen their links with eastern european states and negotiate agreemnts with Italy and Russia
Italy
Attempted to work as a mediator between Germany and Britain and France
After the unsuccessful nazi putsch in Viena and the announcement of conscription in 1935, Italy finally allied with Britain and France
Mussolini wanted British and French support for Italians colonization of Abbyssinia
However, this invasion of Abyssinia was opposed by the league (including Britain and France)
Italy had to finally look for support in Berlin
Soviet Russia
Stalin reacted cautiously to the nazi take-over of power
Negotiation of a defensive agreement with France
Sought collective security by joining the League of Nations
Attempted to maintain good relations with Germany
At the same time, there were constant soviet-nazi talks, seeking for a settlement with Hitler in 1935
Ratification of the Franco-soviet treaty
US
commited to a foreign policy that would keep them out of a European war
little reaction from the to Hitler 's first moves
1933 sympathetic towards Germany due to the economic problems this one had (depression)
public opinion changed with the persecution of Jews (more hostile), but foreign policy remained the same
main concern of the goverment was the far east not germany