question_answer 1)

Read Sources A and B.  

Source A 'For this earth is not allotted to anyone nor is .it presented to anyone as a gift. It is awarded ] by providence to people who in their hearts have the courage to conquer it, the strength to preserve it, and the industry to put it to the plough... The primary right of this world is the right to life, so far as one possesses the strength for this. Hence on the basis of this right a vigorous nation will always find ways of adapting its territory to its population size.' Hitler, Secret Book, ed. Telford Taylor.

 

Source B 'In an era when the earth is gradually being divided up among states, some of which embrace almost entire continents, we cannot speak of a world power in connection with a formation whose political mother country is limited to the absurd area of five hundred  kilometers.' Hitler, Mein Kampf, p. 644.

  (a) What do they tell you about Hitler's imperial ambition? (b) What do you think Mahatma Gandhi would, have said to Hitler about these ideas?

Answer:

(a) The two texts tell that Hitler's imperial ambition was to expand the boundaries of Germany till wherever they could possibly reach. He believed that an aggressive nation will find methods to adjust its territory to its population's size. In source 'B' he was comparing Germany's size to that of Russia and wanted Germany to become a world power of similar size. (b) Mahatma Gandhi would have told Hitler to remove the idea of aggression against other nations from his mind, as violence begets violence.