Question

Explain the aims of Hitler’s foreign policy.

What were the aims of the foreign policy of Hitler?

Answer 1

1. The foreign policy aims of Adolf Hitler were centered on reversing the Treaty of Versailles and expanding German power.
2. He wanted to end the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which led to the economic destruction of Germany.
3. He aimed to create a Greater Germany by uniting Germans living in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and other regions.
4. Hitler believed Germany needed more living space in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland and the Soviet Union, for German settlers.
5. He was fiercely anti-communist and aimed to defeat the Soviet Union and eliminate Bolshevism.
6. His ultimate goal was to make Germany a dominant world power through military strength and territorial expansion.

Answer 2

1. Hitler wanted to end the terms of the ‘Treaty of Versailles’, which led to the economic destruction of Germany.
2. One of his major aims was to ensure the recovery of all the territories Germany had lost in World War I.
3. He aimed to integrate all the ethnic Germans into the Reich and broaden the German Empire.
4. He wanted to annex Czechoslovakia and Poland so as to bring the German people together, as Hitler was very sensitive about the German race.