- This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
- Narrated by Lewis Stone, this 1943 MGM production looks at the roots of Nazi Germany's drive for geographic expansion. The roots of Hitler's drive for world domination is attributed to the ideas of Prof. Karl Ernst Haushofer, once a General in the German army who was humiliated and blamed, along with others of his class, for the outcomes of World War I. His theory, known as Geopolitik, posited that Germany's central location in Europe made it ideal to dominate Europe and provide a counter-balance to the British naval domination of the seas. With Hitler coming to power, Haushofer became part of Hitler's government and had even greater influence.—garykmcd
- This short explains how Germany's defeat in WWI sowed the seeds of its quest for world domination in WWII. The film focuses on the geopolitical concepts developed by Karl Haushofer, who had been a general in the German army in WWI. After the war he became a professor at a university in Munich, where he espoused his idea that in order for Germany to grow and prosper, it must grow in land area by conquering its neighbors. Hitler adopted many of Haushofer's ideas in carrying out his takeover of nations in Europe. New dramatized footage is interspersed with historical film and newsreels.—David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>
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