Chapter 6 - Hitler's Actions & Foreign Policy (Part 2)

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this, click here for Part I.

Hitler's actions and foreign policy were a major cause of the collapse of peace in Europe. If you read your textbook, the following are the main points:

- to make the German military stronger (rearmament; this has been covered in a previous post)
- to gain lebensraum (extra land for Germany) by being aggressive to her neighbours
- to fight Communism (this is actually linked to the second point)



The first part of the video deals with rearmament, then it gradually moves on to Hitler's aggressive foreign policy and then appeasement.

Try answering the questions below after watching the video:

Basic Questions (For weaker students)
- What were some of the ways Germany rearmed?
- What were some important dates and places in Hitler's aggressive foreign policy?
- What is appeasement? How did the Allies appease Hitler?

Standard Questions (For stronger students)
- Below are two factors which contributed to the collapse of peace:
1) Hitler's actions and foreign policy (rearmament, Hitler's foreign policy)
2) Appeasement

What were the roles of each factor in contributing to the collapse of peace? Which factor do you think was more important and why?