G41+Nature+of+Foreign+Policy


 * 4 Nazi foreign policy**


 * nature of Nazi foreign policy: aims and strategies to September 1939

//Text: Chapter Twelve "The Path to War"//


 * Policy in action**
 * Small, tentative steps to begin with while Nazi power was consolidated. By 1935, consolidation of power, Jews and opponents removed, oath of loyalty from army.
 * Oct 1933 Withdrew from League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
 * 1934 Non-aggression pact with Poland.
 * March 1935 Rearmament announced.
 * March 1936 Remilitarisation of the Rhineland. **APPEASEMENT** – showed weakness of France, that it would be no threat behind Maginot Line.
 * 1936 Four-year plan – to move to war economy by 1940. Self-sufficiency.