How Important Were The Following In Causing The Second WorldWar? Hitler's foreign policy and Appeasement.

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How Important Were The Following In Causing The Second World

War?

* Hitler's foreign policy

* Appeasement

' We have peace for our time'

Chamberlain, 30 December 1938

This quote if from Chamberlain after he had again appeased Hitler and given into his demands of the Sudentland. Yet at the same time he was building up his armies for a likely war and therefore his words are very deceptive. It is in analyzing the two main causes of the Second World War that we can understand how important Hitler policy and appeasement were in sparking off the war.

Hitler's main aims in his foreign policy were to reverse the decisions of the Treaty of Versailles which he believed was unfair, to re-arm Germany, to unite all German-speaking people, to create living space (lebensraum) and to defeat Communism or Bolshevism. Looking at these aims, many of these arguably express a sense of war. Firstly, the aims were forbidden according to the Treaty Of Versailles. This meant that for Hitler to gain back everything his country had lost from the Treaty and create living space, he would have to