| Date | Action | Aim Achieved | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Left League of Nations & Disarmament Conference | Freedom to rearm | None |
| 1935 | Announced rearmament (conscription, air force) | Destroy Versailles | Stresa Front (weak) |
| 1936 | Remilitarised Rhineland | Destroy Versailles | None (France didn't act) |
| 1938 | Anschluss with Austria | Greater Germany | None (appeasement) |
| 1938 | Munich — gained Sudetenland | Greater Germany | Appeasement (Chamberlain) |
| 1939 | Took rest of Czechoslovakia | Lebensraum begins | Guarantees to Poland |
| 1939 | Invaded Poland | Lebensraum | WAR declared |
"Germany will either become a world power or will not continue to exist at all."
— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (1925)
This key facts covers How Hitler Achieved His Aims — Step by Step 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 3 of 13 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
Practice questions for Hitler's Foreign Policy
What did Hitler mean by 'Lebensraum'?
In which year did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?
Quick recall flashcards
Hitler's 3 aims?
1. Destroy Versailles, 2. Greater Germany, 3. Lebensraum (living space)
What is Lebensraum?
"Living space" — expansion eastward into Poland/USSR for German people