Hossbach Memorandum

Target entity: Hossbach Memorandum
Context triple: [Nazi war aims, documentedIn, Hossbach Memorandum]

• A. Tirpitz Plan
  The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
• B. Pact of Steel
  The Pact of Steel was a 1939 military and political alliance between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany that formalized their partnership on the eve of World War II.
• C. Ebert–Groener Pact
  The Ebert–Groener Pact was a secret 1918 agreement between Germany’s Social Democratic government and the military high command that secured army support for the new republic in exchange for preserving the officer corps and suppressing revolutionary uprisings.
• D. Schlieffen Plan
  The Schlieffen Plan was Imperial Germany’s pre–World War I military strategy for a rapid, decisive victory in the West—primarily by swiftly defeating France—before turning to fight Russia in the East.
• E. Manstein Plan
  The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Hossbach Memorandum
Target entity description: The Hossbach Memorandum is a 1937 secret German military conference record that revealed Adolf Hitler’s expansionist plans and is often cited as key evidence of Nazi Germany’s premeditated aggression before World War II.

• A. Tirpitz Plan
  The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
• B. Pact of Steel
  The Pact of Steel was a 1939 military and political alliance between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany that formalized their partnership on the eve of World War II.
• C. Ebert–Groener Pact
  The Ebert–Groener Pact was a secret 1918 agreement between Germany’s Social Democratic government and the military high command that secured army support for the new republic in exchange for preserving the officer corps and suppressing revolutionary uprisings.
• D. Schlieffen Plan
  The Schlieffen Plan was Imperial Germany’s pre–World War I military strategy for a rapid, decisive victory in the West—primarily by swiftly defeating France—before turning to fight Russia in the East.
• E. Manstein Plan
  The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
• F. None of above. chosen