Hitler's Foreign Policy
Hitler's foreign policy, the development of a dictator state, Nazism it's self, strong animosity towards the Treaty of Versailles and the quest for 'living space' saw the beginning of World War Two. Living space or ‘Lebensraum’ was to be in the east for the Herrenvolk, the German master race, to live in at the cost of the Soviet Union. Purely Hitler and his ideology fueled conflict in Europe, nothing but aggressive, violent and forceful acts would have stopped him and his extreme foreign policy. However through appeasement the allied countries delayed war and created time to rearm, in order to halt Nazism.
Nothing besides war would have stopped Hitler and his mission to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, destroy communism, and search for Lebensraum in the east. Hitler’s ideology was formed and first recorded in his 1924’s book, Mein Kampf. After Hitler’s coming to power in 1933, he aimed to reverse the Treaty of Versailles, by rearming, re-occupying the Rhineland, expanding his empire and uniting with Austria. Fascism’s natural enemy, Communism governed Russia and Hitler found it completely necessary to go to war with them, to both destroy and conquer them. Hitler was driven by his obsession to gain ‘Lebensraum’ that must be achieved for the superior Aryan race to live in, it was to be in the east at the cost of inferior Slavs. With these three main consistent aims in mind, nothing was to stop Hitler besides war.
Hitler understood and accepted that war would be a potential outcome from his radical foreign policy, and in early years of his reign took necessary measures to prepare Germany for war. October 1933 saw Hitler’s first foreign policy put into play with the removal of Germany from the League of Nations and the Disarmament conference. These acts were warning signs that Hitler was not willing to follow the rules made by the League nor was he prepared to keep Germany demilitarized. This was made definite in March 1935 when Germany announced it was
Nothing besides war would have stopped Hitler and his mission to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, destroy communism, and search for Lebensraum in the east. Hitler’s ideology was formed and first recorded in his 1924’s book, Mein Kampf. After Hitler’s coming to power in 1933, he aimed to reverse the Treaty of Versailles, by rearming, re-occupying the Rhineland, expanding his empire and uniting with Austria. Fascism’s natural enemy, Communism governed Russia and Hitler found it completely necessary to go to war with them, to both destroy and conquer them. Hitler was driven by his obsession to gain ‘Lebensraum’ that must be achieved for the superior Aryan race to live in, it was to be in the east at the cost of inferior Slavs. With these three main consistent aims in mind, nothing was to stop Hitler besides war.
Hitler understood and accepted that war would be a potential outcome from his radical foreign policy, and in early years of his reign took necessary measures to prepare Germany for war. October 1933 saw Hitler’s first foreign policy put into play with the removal of Germany from the League of Nations and the Disarmament conference. These acts were warning signs that Hitler was not willing to follow the rules made by the League nor was he prepared to keep Germany demilitarized. This was made definite in March 1935 when Germany announced it was