Nazi foreign policy debate

This article is about academic debate of the Nazi foreign policy goals. For relations between the Third Reich and other countries, see Foreign relations of Nazi Germany.

The foreign policy and war aims of the Nazis have been the subject of debate among historians. The Nazis governed Germany between 1933 and 1945. There has been disagreement over whether Adolf Hitler aimed solely at European expansion and domination, or whether he planned for a long-term global empire.