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2007-05-14 11:14:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Germany needed room to expand is the excuse that I have heard most frequently from history.
2007-05-14 11:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by alan c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first with the annexation of Czechoslovakia and Austria, he just played it off and hoped that the Western countries would just let him have it for the sake of preserving the peace. But when he invaded Poland and the Second World War started, he really didn't need to justify invading other countries.
2007-05-14 11:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Josephine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two main reasons that Hitler gave . First is the he wanted "living room". Basically a buffer between Germany and every one else. The second is that he wanted to unite all the germanic people into one nation.
2007-05-14 11:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by astral_lds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need elbow room. Lebensraum
2007-05-14 12:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I have no more territorial demands upon Europe."
2007-05-14 12:00:28 · answer #5 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋