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Part of Hitler's Foreign Policy · Section 10 of 13

Memory AidUnit: Conflict and Tension 1918-1939GCSE

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.

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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).

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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