Conflict and Tension 1918-1939Memory Aid

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

This memory aid covers Memory Aid 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 10 of 13 in this topic. Use it for quick recall, then test yourself straight afterwards so the memory aid becomes usable in an answer.

Topic position

Section 10 of 13

Practice

8 questions

Recall

15 flashcards

🧠 Memory Aid

Hitler's 3 aims — "VGL":

Versailles — destroy the treaty (rearm, Rhineland, recover territory)
Grossdeutschland — unite German-speaking peoples (Anschluss, Sudetenland)
Lebensraum — living space eastward (Poland, then Russia)

Hitler's steps to war — "RAR-AMC-IP":

Rearmament 1935
Anglo-German Naval Agreement 1935
Rhineland 1936
Anschluss 1938
Munich/Sudetenland 1938
Czechoslovakia (rest of) March 1939
Invades Poland September 1939

Key dates to lock in: 1933 (left League), 1935 (rearmament), 1936 (Rhineland), 1938 (Anschluss + Munich), March 1939 (rest of Czechoslovakia), September 1939 (Poland — war).

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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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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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