📚 Part 1: Hitler's Foreign Policy Aims

1. What were Hitler's three main foreign policy aims? Fill in the blanks:

a) Create a Greater German _____________ (Reich)

b) Destroy the Treaty of _____________

c) Gain _____________ (living space) in Eastern Europe

2. Circle the correct answer: Why did Hitler act cautiously at first in foreign policy?

He was afraid of other countries

He wanted to test reactions and build strength gradually

He didn't really want to expand Germany

The Nazi Party wouldn't let him act aggressively

⚔️ Part 2: Rearmament (1935)

3. What was rearmament and why was it significant?

4. How did Hitler justify rearmament to the world? Tick all that apply:

Germany needed to defend itself

Other countries were also rearming

The Treaty of Versailles was unfair

Germany wanted to attack France immediately

🗳️ Part 3: The Saar Plebiscite (1935)

5. What was the Saar region and why was it important to Germany?

6. Complete the sentence about the plebiscite result:

In January 1935, ____% of people in the Saar voted to return to Germany, giving Hitler his first major foreign policy success.

7. Why was this result significant for Hitler? Circle the best answer:

It gave him coal mines

It showed democratic support for Nazi Germany

It allowed him to attack France

It proved the League of Nations was strong

🏛️ Part 4: Remilitarisation of the Rhineland (1936)

8. What was the Rhineland and why was it supposed to be demilitarised?

9. When did Hitler send troops into the Rhineland?

Date: _____ March ______

10. How did Britain and France respond to the remilitarisation? Match the country to its response:

1. Britain

2. France

A. Wanted to act but needed British support

B. Believed Germany was "walking into their own backyard"

🤔 Part 5: Analysis and Evaluation

11. Put these events in chronological order by numbering them 1-3:

_____ Remilitarisation of the Rhineland

_____ Saar Plebiscite

_____ Announcement of Rearmament

12. How did these three actions help cause World War II? Explain your answer:

13. Which of Hitler's actions between 1933-1936 was most important in leading to war? Circle one and explain why:

Rearmament

Saar Plebiscite

Rhineland Remilitarisation

📊 Part 6: Source Analysis

14. A British newspaper in 1936 wrote: "Herr Hitler has done nothing more than walk into his own backyard." What does this suggest about British attitudes to the Rhineland crisis?

15. Do you think this British attitude was wise? Give reasons for your answer:

Hitler's Foreign Policy 1933-1936

Hitler's Foreign Policy 1933-1936

📚 Part 1: Hitler's Foreign Policy Aims

⚔️ Part 2: Rearmament (1935)

🗳️ Part 3: The Saar Plebiscite (1935)

🏛️ Part 4: Remilitarisation of the Rhineland (1936)

🤔 Part 5: Analysis and Evaluation

📊 Part 6: Source Analysis

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