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German Foreign Policy 1933 - 39

German Foreign Policy 1933 - 39

Question 1 of 50

1

Hitler became Chancellor in….?

Select one of the following:

  • January 1931

  • January 1932

  • January 1933

  • January 1934

Explanation

Question 2 of 50

1

What was clause 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

Select one of the following:

  • Germany to lose her Colonies

  • Germany and her Allies to be blamed for War

  • Germany to pay reparations

  • Germany's armed forces to be limited

Explanation

Question 3 of 50

1

Hitler’s stated foreign policy aims included….?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Committing to open diplomacy via the League of Nations

  • ‘Making Germany Great again’

  • Reverse the Treaty of Versailles

  • Gross Deutschland

  • Lebensraum

  • Form alliances with Western Powers

  • Autarky

Explanation

Question 4 of 50

1

Actions in 1933 included….

Select one or more of the following:

  • Leaving the Disarmament Conference

  • Leaving the League of Nations

  • Attempting an Anschluss with Austria

  • Introducing and announcing Conscription

  • Rearming ‘in secret’

Explanation

Question 5 of 50

1

True of the attempted Anschluss with Austria

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1934

  • 1935

  • Austrian Chancellor Dolfuss was shot dead

  • Mussolini (of Italy) supported it

  • German Nazis ‘backed’ Austrian ‘Nazis’ in a right wing coup

  • Mussolini sent troops to the Austrian/ Italian border

Explanation

Question 6 of 50

1

Why 1935 was a ‘good’ year for Hitler?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Saar (plebiscite) went his way

  • The British made a naval agreement with him

  • He remilitarised the Rhineland- France + Britain did nothing

  • He held a ‘right to rearm rally’ + announcing German conscription + rearmament

Explanation

Question 7 of 50

1

True of the Saar Plebiscite.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hitler was worried about the outcome - his opposition had fled there.

  • Joseph Goebbels (propaganda minister) organised an effective pro Germany campaign

  • The vote was a ‘narrow’ victory of 52% for Hitler

  • The League organised the vote so it was fair and democratic.

  • The vote was an overwhelming 90% in favour of rejoining Germany.

  • The outcome represented a major diplomatic success for Hitler.

Explanation

Question 8 of 50

1

Britain and France’s response to German rearmament in 1935 was…?

Select one of the following:

  • To apply League sanctions

  • To form the Stresa Front with Italy as a ‘warning’

  • To mobilise their own armies

  • To demand Hitler reversed his decision

Explanation

Question 9 of 50

1

How did Britain ‘undermine’ the Stresa Front of 1935?

Select one of the following:

  • They sold tanks and artillery to Germany

  • They made an Anglo- German airforce agreement

  • They made an Anglo-German naval agreement

  • They made an Anglo-German non aggression pact

Explanation

Question 10 of 50

1

Why was the timing of Hitler’s ‘rearmament’ of Germany ‘good’ for Germany?

Select one of the following:

  • The French were in political disarray due to elections

  • The British Government was facing a ‘general strike’

  • The Italians were invading Abyssinia

  • The Spanish Civil War had started

Explanation

Question 11 of 50

1

When was the Spanish Civil War?

Select one of the following:

  • 1935-38

  • 1936-1939

  • 1935-1940

  • 1936-1940

Explanation

Question 12 of 50

1

Which side did Hitler and Mussolini back in the Spanish Civil War?

Select one of the following:

  • The Monarchists

  • The Communists

  • The Nationalists

  • The Republicans

Explanation

Question 13 of 50

1

True of Germany’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hitler provided air transport to move Nationalist troops from Morocco to Southern Spain

  • The Luftwaffe’s ‘Condor Legion’ provided air support to Franco’s Nationalists

  • The Condor Legion bombed Guernica killing over 1600

  • A German ground force of 50,000 was sent

  • Approximately 7000 Germans were directly involved in the War

Explanation

Question 14 of 50

1

The devastation witnessed in the Spanish Civil War was another reason why Chamberlain pursued the policy of appeasement.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 50

1

When did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?

Select one of the following:

  • March 1935

  • March 1936

  • March 1937

  • March 1938

Explanation

Question 16 of 50

1

Why did Britain and France not challenge Hitler’s remilitarisation of the Rhineland?

Select one or more of the following:

  • France were in political disarray because of elections

  • Both Britain and France were still recovering from the impact of the depression

  • It wasn’t worth risking a ‘conflict’ - he was only going into his ‘own back yard’

  • Britain and France felt diplomatically isolated + Hitler’s relations with Italy were improving

Explanation

Question 17 of 50

1

True of the remilitarisation of the Rhineland

Select one or more of the following:

  • He sent in 22,000 troops

  • He gave orders to his officers to fight if the Western allies challenged it

  • It was a ‘gamble’ he didn’t know how the Western Allies would react.

  • In doing it he was also breaking the 1925 Treaty of Locarno.

Explanation

Question 18 of 50

1

Hitler used the excuse to remilitarise the Rhineland that France and the USSR had signed a military pact to protect each other if either faced aggression from Germany.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 50

1

‘True’ of the Rome-Berlin Axis of October 1936

Select one or more of the following:

  • Provided ‘psychological’ value in showing fascist unity

  • Strengthened Hitler’s ‘diplomatic’ position - forming ‘allies’

  • Provided mutual support for their foreign policy goals

  • Made the Western Allies more likely to confront German / Italian ‘aggression’

Explanation

Question 20 of 50

1

Policy adopted by Chamberlain and his predecessors.

Select one of the following:

  • Cautious optimism

  • Gunboat diplomacy

  • Isolationism

  • Appeasement

Explanation

Question 21 of 50

1

Which of the following are reasons why Britain followed Appeasement?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hitler was a ‘gambler’

  • The USA was isolationist

  • The Treaty of Versailles needed ‘revision’

  • Britain was militarily ‘weak’

  • Communism was a greater threat

  • It ‘gave peace a chance’

Explanation

Question 22 of 50

1

In many British ‘circles’ there was a greater ‘fear / abhorrence’ of communism than there was towards facism.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 50

1

In 1937 Italy joined with Germany and Japan in an anti-Comintern (communist) pact thereby forming the Axis Powers.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 50

1

What was Hitler’s main foreign policy ‘achievement’ of 1938?

Select one of the following:

  • Negotiating the Anschluss with Austria

  • Negotiating a non-aggression pact with the USSR

  • Acquiring the Sudetenland

  • Negotiating a full military pact with Mussolini (The Pact of Steel)

  • Marched German troops into Austria, ‘forcing’ the Anschluss

Explanation

Question 25 of 50

1

Who was the leader of the Austrian ‘Nazis’ (Right wingers) in 1938 in league with Hitler

Select one of the following:

  • Edvard Benes

  • Joachim Ribbentrop

  • Kurt von Schusnigg

  • Seuss-Inquart

Explanation

Question 26 of 50

1

What did the Austrian Chancellor, Schuschnigg, ‘threaten’ which prompted Hitler to march his troops into Austria?

Select one of the following:

  • War, if Hitler didn’t ‘back off’

  • Going to the League of Nations

  • A plebiscite to determine whether or not Austrians wanted to unite with Germany

Explanation

Question 27 of 50

1

Austria was ‘rich’ in gold and iron ore deposits

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 50

1

After the ‘Annexation’ of Austria, Hitler carried out his own ‘controlled’ plebiscite.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 50

1

What was the result of the Austrian plebiscite?

Select one of the following:

  • 99.7% of Austrians opposed it

  • 99.7% of Austrians supported it

Explanation

Question 30 of 50

1

True of the circumstances surrounding the Austrian plebiscite of 1938.

Select one or more of the following:

  • A strong military presence intimidated opposition

  • The Nazis rounded up potential opposition such as known communists and democrats

  • It was a completely free and fair vote without any Nazi intervention

  • Nazi officials counted the vote!

  • The ballot paper was designed to ‘promote’ support

  • It was a public vote with Nazi officials watching over voters

Explanation

Question 31 of 50

1

Chamberlain was told by military advisers and military intelligence that Britain was militarily not ready to fight a war in 1938.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 32 of 50

1

After the Anschluss - which ‘matter’ did Hitler turn his attention to next?

Select one of the following:

  • The Polish Corridor

  • Sudetenland

  • Forming an alliance with the USSR

Explanation

Question 33 of 50

1

What was Hitler’s ‘claim’ over the Sudetenland?

Select one of the following:

  • It was taken from Germany at the Treaty of Versailles - he wanted it returned

  • A plebiscite had been agreed.

  • It contained over 3 million ethnic Germans who wanted to unite with Germany

Explanation

Question 34 of 50

1

Who was the leader of the Sudeten German Peoples Party?

Select one of the following:

  • Seuss-Inquart

  • Joachim Ribbentrop

  • Conrad Henlein

  • Vyachalev Molotov

Explanation

Question 35 of 50

1

What was Chamberlain’s first proposal over the Sudetenland?

Select one of the following:

  • The whole region should be ceded to Germany immediately.

  • Areas with over over 50% of ethnic Germans could join Germany.

  • Hitler should ‘retract’ ALL his demands or face ‘war’

Explanation

Question 36 of 50

1

What is the correct order of the 3 meetings Chamberlain had with Hitler over the Sudetenland crisis?

Select one of the following:

  • Bad Godesberg, Berchtesgaden, Munich

  • Berchtesgaden, Munich, Bad Godesgberg

  • Munich, Berchtesgaden, Bad Godesberg

  • Berchtesgaden, Bad Godesberg, Munich

Explanation

Question 37 of 50

1

What did Hitler ‘demand’ at Berchtesgaden? (15 September)

Select one of the following:

  • The immediate cession of the whole of the Sudeteland

  • A fair and democratic plebiscite to be held

  • The gradual cession of the Sudetenland over five years

Explanation

Question 38 of 50

1

What happened at the second meeting (Bad Godesberg) over the Sudetenland (22 September)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Chamberlain confirmed that he had the support of the French for land including over 50% of ethnic Germans to go to Germany.

  • Hitler increased his demands - he wanted the whole of the Sudetenland immediately (By October 1)

  • Hitler said areas of Czechoslovakia with Poles and Magyars (Hungarians) should also be returned to Poland and Hungary

  • Chamberlain ‘refused’ Hitler’s demands, returned to England believing war was ‘imminent’

Explanation

Question 39 of 50

1

True of the Munich Conference, September 29/30 1938

Select one or more of the following:

  • Chamberlain and Daldier agreed that Hitler could occupy the Sudetenland

  • The Czech leader, Benes, was not invited.

  • Hitler said he had ‘no more territorial’ demands.

  • Josef Stalin was unable to make the meeting due to ill health

  • Chamberlain and Hitler made a separate military alliance

Explanation

Question 40 of 50

1

In a British option poll, October 1938, 93% of British people believed it when Hitler said he had no more ‘territorial demands to make’ after the Sudetenland.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 41 of 50

1

Reasons why the occupation of the Sudetenland left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak + defenceless to occupation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It contained significant defensive fortifications.

  • It contained 70% of Czechoslovakia’s coal, iron and steel resources.

  • It contained a modern armaments factory - Skoda

  • It strengthened the resolve of the Czechs politically

Explanation

Question 42 of 50

1

When did Hitler occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia? (Bohemia + Moravia)

Select one of the following:

  • December 1938

  • January 1939

  • March 1939

  • September 1939

Explanation

Question 43 of 50

1

Hitler’s ‘next’ target after Czechoslovakia?

Select one of the following:

  • The USSR

  • The Balkan States

  • Danzig

Explanation

Question 44 of 50

1

Hitler argued Danzig was historically German with a German speaking population and its separation from the rest of Germany at Versailles was unjust.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 45 of 50

1

True of Hitler and ‘communism’

Select one or more of the following:

  • He was anti-communist.

  • He blamed communists for Germany’s defeat in WW1.

  • He believed communism (Bolshevism) wanted to take over Germany.

  • He viewed communism as a Jewish construct to destroy nations and attain global domination.

  • He admired what communism had done for the USSR.

Explanation

Question 46 of 50

1

In May 1939 Hitler and Mussolini cemented their partnership in a full military alliance called the ‘Pact of Steel’

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 47 of 50

1

When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Select one of the following:

  • August 1938

  • August 1939

  • August 1940

Explanation

Question 48 of 50

1

‘True’ of the Nazi-Soviet Pact

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Western Allies were expecting it.

  • Also known as the Ribbentrop- Molotov Pact (after their foreign ministers).

  • As a 10 year non-aggression pact.

  • Included a secret protocol to divide Poland between them.

  • Allowed Hitler to avoid a war on two fronts in the event of an invasion of Poland.

Explanation

Question 49 of 50

1

Why did Stalin agree to the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Select one or more of the following:

  • He had no faith in the League (which he joined in 1934)

  • Britain and France refused to make an ‘alliance’ with him (in spite of talks in summer 1939)

  • He didn’t trust’ the Western Allies - he was excluded from the Munich Agreement.

  • Stalin needed time to convert his 5 year industrial plans to a war footing

  • He would gain half of Poland - creating a buffer between Germany and The USSR

Explanation

Question 50 of 50

1

Date of the German invasion of Poland.

Select one of the following:

  • August 31, 1939

  • September 1, 1939

  • September 3, 1939

Explanation

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