How Far Was Hitlers Foreign Policy the Cause of Ww2?

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How far was Hitler’s Foreign Policy the cause of World War II? Many feel that World War II broke out because of Hitler’s Foreign Policy. This included: destruction of the Treaty of Versailles, destruction of communism, creating a greater Germany, and to be independent (lebensraum) in the East and West of Europe. Hitler started by rearming Germany, as it was vital to “succeed”. The Treaty of Versailles had left them with nothing; the armed forces were reduced to 100,000 soldiers, six warships, 0 submarines and 0 air force. In a secret meeting in 1933, it was decided that Germany would rearm covertly. This would include: 300,000 men instead of 100,000, 1,000 aircraft, barracks air force and fortifications. In 1934 they made it public and signed the Naval Pact with England. This allowed German navy to have 1/3 the number of warships the British navy had, and an equal number of submarines. By 1935 they already had a powerful army. Hitler’s troops marched into the Rhineland (March 1936) with 30,000 fully equipped troops. In November 1936, Hitler made alliances with Japan and Italy (known by the West as the axis). During the Spanish Civil War (1937), Franco allowed Hitler to test his weapons -mainly air force- against the communists. This provoked the breakout of Second World War because rearming made Germany powerful; without an army Hitler could not have achieved any of his goals. In 1938 Germany occupied Austria (Anschluss). One of Hitler’s excuses was that 8 million of the population, the majority, were German speakers. Uniting with Austria would mean more land, future soldiers and a stronger Germany. Hitler’s troops marched into the Sudetenland on the 1st of October 1938 to seize their natural resources (coal and copper), power stations and, of course, land. The Sudetenland divided Germany in two, as they were German speaking people, and this was the final reason
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