Functionalist

• Policies could have just been broad aims rather than actual plan
• Supports idea it was situational or external factors caused takeover of these areas
• Nazis relatively unprepared for each foreign policy more - suggests not planned at all
• Stressed when talking about rearming in early 1930s, it was for defense
• Speech to Reichstag (1933)- stressed hopes of reversing TofV by diplomacy
• Hitler Privately told generals would be a disaster to provoke military attack until army built up
• Only had 15-18,000 men. Blitzkrieg suited smaller wars
• Weakness of league of nations

  • didn’t have own army so not seen as a threat by nazis
  • most nations acted in own self-interest
  • needed agreements for majority to act
  • not all countries part of league (Japan withdrew ignoring LoN protest)