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| Question | Answer |
| What were Hitlers 3 Aims? | To Abolish the Treaty Of Versailles To Defeat Communism To Expand German Territory |
| What would Hitler had to of done to achieve the aim to abolish the Treaty of Versailles? | Stop paying the reparations to France Get back the land that Germany had lost Re arm and expand the army Negotiate with the League Somethings will of had to be done by force |
| What would Hitler had to of done to achieve the aim to expand German territory? | Invade neighbouring countries to Germany, such as Czechoslovakia, Austria and Poland. Get back the areas that they lost to the Treaty Of Versailles. |
| What would Hitler had to of done to achieve the aim of defeating Communism? | Invade Russia |
| How was the Saarland returned to Germany in 1935? | After 15 years of being ruled by the League of Nations, the people of the Saarland took a Plebiscite to decide whether they wanted to rejoin Germany. Germany ordered a propaganda campaign on the Saarland and sent in storm troopers that gathered on the border to try and convince the people to rejoin Germany After a 90% majority to rejoin Germany, the Saarland was returned. |
| What affect did the return of the Saarland have on Hitler? | It was a huge morale boost for Hitler and people started to believe a lot more in Hitlers foreign policy. This gave Hitler a lot more confidence to carry on regaining land |
| What was the disarmament conference and what happened there? | The disarmament conference was a conference held by the League of Nations to try and help keep the peace and prevent another war by getting all of the countries to disarm Unfortunately no countries agreed to disarm and because of this Hitler claimed that Germany was the only country disarming and so withdrew from the conference and left the league of nations |
| What was the non aggression pact with Poland and why was it made? | It was an agreement to say that Poland wouldn't attack Germany and Germany wouldn't attack Poland for 10 years. It was signed because Hitler was hoping to weaken the existing alliance between France and Poland, He wanted to show that he only had a quarrel with the USSR not Poland, He hopes to reduce the Polish fear of German aggression. |
| How did the Non Aggression pact with Poland help to strengthen Hitlers position? | It gave him time and space to rearm It made Hitler look peaceful It weakened the alliance between France and Poland |
| What was the Anglo-German Naval treaty and what did it allow Germany to do? | It was a treaty between Britain and Germany signed in 1935 and stated that Germany could build up their navy to 35% of Britain's |
| What did the Anglo-German Naval Treaty show about Britain? | It was a sign that Britain was willing to tolerate German rearmament and that they appeased Hitler because they were worried that they couldn't stop him and they also wanted to protect their navy. |
| Why did Hitler re introduce conscription and what did they say the reason for it was? | He re introduced conscription to reduce unemployment because other countries were doing the same and to challenge the Treaty of Versailles (one of Hitlers main aims in his Foreign policy) They said it was for defence and because they thought that the Treaty Of Versailles was too harsh |
| What did Hitler increase the Armed forces to in 1935 and why did he do it? | Introduced a 'peacetime army' which was 550,000 men Increased the air force to 1000 aircrafts He did it because of the collapse of the Disarmament conference and because the League was focused on the Abyssinian crisis that was happening at the time |
| What were the causes of the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland? | Hitler had been building up his army since 1933 and wanted to test Britain and France to see if they would stop his actions. He wanted to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, and because the de militarisation was a part of the TOV he wanted to break it. |
| What were the main events in the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland? | On the 7th of March Hitler ordered his troops (32,000) to march into the Rhineland Hitlers troops were welcomed by the people of the Rhineland, because it made them feel safe and that Hitler was righting the wrongs done to Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. |
| What were the consequences of the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland? | Hitler has started to reverse the Treaty of Versailles and the remilitarisation gave him confidence to take back other areas Germany lost to the Treaty of Versailles The events made Hitler look strong to the German people because it showed he was a strong leader that kept his promises. This gave him more confidence. It led to the Rome-Berlin axis being signed which created another alliance for Hitler. Britain got worried at the alliance and started to rearm. |
| What was the Rome Berlin Axis, who signed it and what did it lead to? | Signed between Germany and Italy and it lead to both countries helping another Fascist in the Spanish Civil war (Franco) and it gave them an chance to test out their weapons and armies. |
| What were the causes of the Anschluss between Germany and Austria? | Because they TOV foreboded the Anschluss, this was another point that Hitler wanted to destroy about the TOV in 1938 Italy was their ally and he had built up the German army and so now Hitler didn't feel threatened by the League of Nations stopping the Anschluss. |
| What were the main events of the Anschluss? | There was riots in Austria Hitler bullied the Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg, who was worried about the Anschluss. Schuschnigg ordered a plebiscite which worried Hitler and so he put troops at the edge of the Austrian Border, which worsened the riots Schuschnigg asked Hitler for help, who told him to appoint a Nazi as a minister of the Interior, which he did, which made the riots even worse because of the Nazi's Schuschnigg was forced to resign and was replaced with Seyss Inquart who 'invited' the German army in to restore order, and on the 14th Of March 1938 the Anschluss was declared and 99.75% of people had voted in favour of the Anschluss |
| What were the consequences of the Anschluss? | The League of Nations did nothing to stop the Anschluss as they were more concerned with communist affairs in the USSR Hitler now had the resources and men from Austria at his disposal, and also a strong alliance with Italy so Germany was a lot stronger. |
| What is appeasement? | Directly negotiating with a dictator in an attempt to solve disputes and keep the peace. |
| What were some of the economic reasons for appeasement? | The major powers thought that their own economic state was more important Britain and France were still suffering from the effects of the depression and they had large debts and huge unemployment, so they couldn't afford a war with Germany |
| What were some military reason for appeasement? | The British government thought that Britain's military wasn't ready for a war against Germany |
| What are some Fear Issues for appeasement? | Both the British and French leaders vividly remember the horrific experiences of world war one and how many soldiers were lost and didn't want a repeat |
| What are some public issues for appeasement? | It wasn't a common thought that all of the commonwealth states (such as Canada) would support them in war. Many people also thought that the TOV was unfair on Germany and they assumed that once the wrongs of versailles were made right Germany would stop |
| What are some other reasons for appeasement? | Hitler was standing up to communism and he acted as a 'buffer' and because a lot of countries were scared of it, they weren't bothered about Germany's aggression American leaders were determined not to get involved in european affairs again and Britain was scared that without Americas help they would loose. |
| What are the arguments against appeasement (Encouraged Hitler)? | It encouraged Hitler to take more and more risks and each time they paid on it would encourage him to take bigger and more risks because he thought that he would get away with it |
| What are the arguments against appeasement (Pressure on promises)? | Hitler went back on some of his promises because he couldn't carry out some of them however people didn't realise, and then it led to Hitler looking more trustworthy |
| How did the events at the Spanish civil war support appeasement? | It showed how powerful and aggressive Germany could be and how horrific another war could be because of Germany's growing strength |
| What are some arguments against appeasement (Morally wrong)? | Britain and France were allowing Germany to break lots and lots of rules, such as giving away countries such as Czechoslovakia without the countries permission in order to keep the peace, but it was never affected the two major powers |
| What are the arguments against appeasement (The USSR)? | Appeasement sent the message to the USSR that Britain and France wouldn't stand in the way of Germany expanding their empire and eventually invading Russia. This then turned Russia against France and Britain, which inevitably pushes Russia out of fear, closer to Germany |
| What are the arguments against appeasement (Growing Strength)? | Appeasement allowed Germany to not just recover from the damage done to the in WW1, but grow stronger past that still, and trying to overtake the power of Britain and France. |
| What are the arguments against appeasement (missed opportunities)? | There were many opportunities that the appeasers could have taken to stop the rising power of Hitler, which inevitably could of led to the second world war not happening. |
| Why was the Sudetenland so important to Hitler? | Hitler wanted to re unite all of the German speaking people that lived in Czechoslovakia that were once part of Germany that was separated because of the TOV |
| What were the main causes of the Sudetenland crisis? | The leader of the Czech Nazi party Henlein was told to stir up trouble among the Sudetenland Germans until they demanded to be part of Germany again |
| What were the main events in the Sudetenland crisis? | on the 12th September 1938, Hitler convinced Sudetenland Nazi to riot, but they were put down by the Czech government. 15th September 1938 Chamberlain met Hitler, and Hitler moderated his demands in that he only wanted 'parts of the Sudetenland' and Hitler threatened war if a solution wasn't found 22nd September 1938 Chamberlain and Hitler met at Godesburg in Western Germany, where he told him about the Czechoslovakian agreement |
| What happened in the Munich Agreement? | On the 29th September 1938 Hitler met with Chamberlain, Dallier (French leader), Mussolini at Munich to try and settle the Sudetenland crisis once and for all. Hitler convinced all of them that he didn't want any more of Czechoslovakia |
| What was the outcome of the Munich agreement? | Britain looked like a hero for keeping the peace Germany got the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovakia and Russia were humiliated for not being invited to the Munich agreement, and Czechoslovakia for loosing the Sudetenland, which contained all of their military. |
| What were the main events of the invasion of Czechoslovakia? | Czechoslovakia was weak after the Munich agreement because of the loss of their territory and military. in 1935 the Slavic people demanded more rights Hacha (the Czech president) appealed to Hitler for help on the 15th of March 1939 Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia which meant that they were no longer an independent state Because Hitler was 'invited in' Britain and France didn't oppose |
| What marked the end of appeasement? | The invasion of Czechoslovakia because it made Britain and Franc realise that Hitlers promises in Munich were worthless and that other promises could be. |
| What was the Nazi-Soviet pact? | It was an agreement between Germany and Russia that was signed on the 23rd of August 1939, and they agreed to not attack each other. They secretly agreed to divide up Poland between them |
| What was the importance of the Nazi-Soviet pact? | It stunned people because Hitler had always wanted to defeat communism and take over the land in Russia. It gave Russia and Germany time to repay the debts and re arm for the upcoming war. This also brought the war closer and Hitler beloved that he could attack Poland, and that Britain and France wouldn't try and oppose him without the USSR |
| What were the causes of the attack on Poland? | Because of the loss of territory because of the Treaty of Versailles, the city of Danzig was given to Poland but Hitler wanted it back and because 90% of the people that lived there were German, Hitler believed that Britain and France would just give it to him again. |
| What were the main events in the attack on Poland? | Germany wanted Danzig back and so threatened to invaded Britain warned Hitler that if Germany invaded Poland, Britain would enter the war. On the 1st of September 1939 the German army invaded Poland. |
| Who were the 5 countries that were responsible for the start of the second world war? | Germany - Hitler made impossible demands USSR- Stalin made a deal with Hitler that cleared the way for a German invasion Poland - They signed an alliance with Britain and France that encouraged it to resist to the German demands Britain and France - Their policy of appeasement made Hitler believe that they wouldn't resist his invasion of Poland or any other countries. |
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