Conflict and Tension 1918-1939Deep Dive

Hitler's Three Main Aims

Part of Hitler's Foreign Policy · GCSE GCSE History revision

This deep dive covers Hitler's Three Main Aims within Hitler's Foreign Policy for GCSE History. Revise Hitler's Foreign Policy in Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 2 of 13 in this topic. Use this deep dive to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

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Section 2 of 13

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8 questions

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15 flashcards

🧠 Hitler's Three Main Aims

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1. Destroy Treaty of Versailles — Hitler called it a "Diktat," a "stab in the back." He wanted to reverse ALL its terms: rearm, remilitarise Rhineland, unite with Austria, take back lost territory.

2. Create "Greater Germany" (Grossdeutschland) — Unite all German-speaking people: Austria (Anschluss), Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia), Danzig (Poland). Volksdeutsche = ethnic Germans abroad.

3. Lebensraum ("Living Space") — Expand eastward into Poland, Ukraine, Russia. Room for German people to grow. Slavs were "inferior" in Nazi ideology — could be enslaved or removed.

Key point: Aims 1 & 2 could arguably be justified as "undoing injustice." Aim 3 was pure aggression and made war inevitable.

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Practice Questions for Hitler's Foreign Policy

What did Hitler mean by 'Lebensraum'?

A. The right of Germany to leave the League of Nations
B. The unification of all German-speaking people into one state
C. The expansion of Germany eastward to gain new territory for settlement
D. The reversal of the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles

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In which year did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?

A. 1936
B. 1933
C. 1938
D. 1935

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Quick Recall Flashcards

What is Lebensraum?

"Living space" — expansion eastward into Poland/USSR for German people

Hitler's 3 aims?

1. Destroy Versailles, 2. Greater Germany, 3. Lebensraum (living space)

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