Nazi Germany and the Arab WorldThis book considers the evolving strategic interests and foreign policy intent of the Third Reich toward the Arabic-speaking world, from Hitler's assumption of power in January 1933 to 1944, a year following the final Axis defeat in and expulsion from North Africa in May 1943. It does so within the context of two central, interconnected issues in the larger history of National Socialism and the Third Reich, namely Nazi geopolitical interests and ambitions and the regime's racial ideology and policy. This book defines the relatively limited geopolitical interests of Nazi Germany in the Middle East and North Africa within the context of its relationships with the other European great powers and its policies with regard to the Arabs and Jews who lived in those areas. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Imperial and Weimar Germany | 18 |
Hitler Race and the World Beyond Europe | 46 |
Germany and the Arab World 19331937 | 62 |
The Coming of War 19381939 | 101 |
From the Periphery to the Center 19401941 | 135 |
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AA/Berlin Abteilung ADAP agreement al-Gaylani al-Husayni Alfred Rosenberg ally ambitions April Arab independence Arab lands Arab leaders Arab nationalism Arab revolt Arab world Arabien Aufzeichnung Axis powers BA-MA Baghdad Berlin Britain British Büro des St.S Ciano colonial declaration DGK/Jerusalem diplomatic East and North economic efforts Egypt Empire Ettel European Fertile Crescent Foreign Minister foreign policy France French Fritz Grobba future Geheim German embassy German Foreign Office German government German military German policy Germany’s Handakten Hentig Hitler Höpp Ibid Irak Iraq Iraqi government Italian Italy Italy’s Jerusalem Jewish emigration Jewish National Home Jews Kriegsgerät Mandate März Mediterranean memorandum Middle East Moreover Mufti Muslim Mussolini Nazi North Africa November NSDAP Office in Berlin Ottoman Palästina Pol.Abt political Politik Politische position postwar propaganda racial Rahn regime region Rome Saudi Arabia Soviet Union strategic Syria Syria and Lebanon Telegramm Third Reich Tunis Tunisia Vichy Vichy France victory wartime weapons Weizsäcker Woermann Zionist