1. Nazi Germany Expands

2. Go back to this chart Japan Germany Government > individual
Extreme nationalism + racism
Extreme militarism
Disregard of human rights
Powerful, supreme leader
Partners: use HW 7.1 to add evidence that Germany was a fascist state (should have all of them)

3. Motives for Expansion
Hitler takes over in How is he going to conduct Germany’s foreign policy?

4. The Legacy of WWI Remember: Germany lost WWI to US, UK, Russia, France
The Treaty of Versailles (1919):
Germany must pay reparations to the Allies
Germany lost 13% of European territory
Severe restrictions on Germany’s army
How do you think the Nazis feel about this?

5. Nazi Foreign Policy – Two Big Ideas
Germans are racially superior to everyone, especially:
Jews
Poles
“Slavs” (mostly Russians)
German people need Lebensraum – “living room”
Where do you think Hitler will look for more space?

6. Four steps to expansion:
Rhineland
Austria
Sudetenland
Poland

7. Rhineland Demilitarized since 1919
France seized the Rhineland after WWI to reclaim reparations
March 1, 1936: German troops enter the Rhineland
France offers no resistance

8. Austria March 1938 ToV banned reunification Large German population
Germany invaded unopposed

9. Sudetenland Region of Czechoslovakia
September 1938: Hitler demands rights for Sudeten Germans
Munich Conference
Britain, France, Germany, Italy agree to German demands for land
Hitler promises not to demand any more territory
October 1: Germany enters Sudetenland

10. How does the rest of the world respond?

11. Expansion and Appeasement (p. 9)
How did Germany expand after 1935? List as many specific steps as you can.
How did Britain and France react? Why did they do this?
Predict: What were the consequences of British and French appeasement of Hitler?

12. Appeasement
Date:
Britain and France’s policy of giving in to Hitler in order to avoid a war
Significance: it didn’t work