What were Hitlers reasons to invade Poland in sept 1939 OTHER than to expand living space.?
Eight Reasons Hitler Invaded Poland 1. To give Germans lebensraum in Eastern Europe He had promised this in Mein Kampf (1924) and it was one of the three CENTRAL AIMS of Hitler foreign policy. 2. Because he thought Chamberlain would not dare stop him Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler, remember, at Bad Godesberg during the Sudeten crisis, but had then backed down at Munich. Hitler despised Chamberlain, and did not believe that he would dare to go to war. So he felt able to pursue his aims in Poland despite Chamberlain’s promise in March 1939 to support Poland. 3. To defend the Germans in Poland The reason Hitler gave was that the Poles were persecuting those Germans who lived in Poland. (There was some truth in this.) 4. To overturn the Treaty of Versailles This was a second CENTRAL AIM of Hitler’s foreign policy. The Polish Corridor and Posen had been given to Poland in 1919, and Danzig had been declared a free city administered by the League of Nations. Hitler first asked Poland to c
