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Chapter 17
Hitler's Foreign Policy and the Outbreak of World War II
Question | Answer |
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Lebensraum | Hitler's plan to create 'living space' by extending the German border eastwards |
Rome-Berlin Axis | a friendly agreement between Italy and Germany signed in 1936 |
The Pact of Steel | a military agreement between Italy and Germany whereby each country promised to help the other in any future war |
Appeasement | the foreign policy followed by Neville Chamberlain, whereby he believed that war with Germany could be avoided if Hitler was allowed to revise some of the terms of the Versailles Treaty |
Anschluss | the name given by Hitler to the unification of Germany and Austria in 1938 |
Nazi-Soviet Pact | a ten year non aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939 |