German foreign policy

German foreign policy between 1918 and 1939 falls into two convenient phases. After the First World War, the priority of the Weimar Republic was to improve political stability at home and from 1933 German foreign policy was controlled by Hitler and say the end to political co-operation.

Lessons & Resources » Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

• Political Cartoon Interpretation
• Long-term consequences of the peace treaties
• Hitler's rise and plan
• Hitler's policies
• The foreign policies of Italy and Japan
• The foreign policies of Britain and France (Appeasement)
• Anschluss with Austria in 1938
• The remilitarisation of the Rhineland
• The Sudetenland 1938
• Czechoslovakia, Poland and the end of appeasement
• The Nazi-Soviet Pact
• The end of appeasement and the outbreak of war