ABSTRACT

The school limits Hitler's geopolitical goals to the winning of Lebensiaum in the east and the domination of the European continent and explains Hitler's strategy within the context of alliances with Great Britain and Italy to achieve these ends. Hitler's geopolitical ambitions were global, not limited to the European continent; ideologically, the racial doctrines of National Socialism, specifically its anti-Semitism, were to be applied on a worldwide basis. Hitler's strategy to win over Britain to his idea of an Anglo-German alliance was to offer German guarantees for the security of the British Empire. Hitler's new tactical approach toward England did not mean that his overall Englandpolitik had undergone a fundamental alteration. Some attention must be paid to the racial motivations underlying Hitler's attitudes and policies toward England. Clearly, ideology and power politics were inseparable elements in the motivation and goals of National Socialist foreign policy.