Question

With reference to Hitler’s foreign policy, answer the following question:

What demands did Hitler make to Poland?

Answer 1

With reference to Hitler’s foreign policy, the demands he made to Poland were:

1. Return of Danzig: Hitler demanded that the Free City of Danzig, which had a majority German population and was under the League of Nations, be returned to Germany.
2. Permission to build a road and railway: He also wanted the construction of an extra-territorial road and railway through the Polish Corridor to connect Germany with East Prussia, which was separated from the main territory of Germany by Polish land.
3. These demands were part of Hitler’s broader goal to reverse the Treaty of Versailles and expand German territory in the east. Poland’s refusal to accept these demands led to the German invasion on 1st September, 1939.