CAUSES OF WW2

CAUSES OF WW2

Hitlers aims/ foreign policy
1. Maker Germany into great power again
  1. by taking over land, Germany gained soldiers, land, resources workers etc
2. Abolish Treaty of Versailles
  1. Remilitarized Rhineland
  2. rearmed navy to 35% of the British
  3. Anschulss with Austria
  4. didnt pay reperations
  5. invaded Poland which spilt Germany into 2
3. Unite Germany speaking countires
  1. Anchluss with Austria
  2. Sudentenland crisis and take over of czechoslovakia
4. Defeat Communism
  1. failed
  2. Br+Fr initially thought they'd be allies with Hitler, all hated communism
5. Expand Germany territory into east
  1. Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia
  2. Anchluss with Austria
  3. Invasion of Poland
Remilitarisation of Rhineland
1. 7th March 1936, Nazi troops march in
  1. not stopped by Br or Fr
    1. Br and Fr were undivided, Br thought TOV was too harsh
    2. occupied by Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia
  2. Fr in the middle of election, French did'nt want a war
    1. Fr were nothing without Br
2. Promised to sign 25 yr non-aggression pact
3. excuse was, felt under threat because of Fr and USSRs mutual assistance pact
Anschluss with Austria
1. allied with Mussolini
  1. meant he wouldnt be stopped
2. knew he would have support, many Austrians were ethincally German
  1. believed both countries should unite to form "Greater Germany"
  2. Austria became economically weak so public started turning to extremist parties
3. strong nazi presence already
  1. caused trouble, met with Austrian Chancellor and said only Anschluss would end disturbance
    1. Chancelor was intimated by hitler
      1. called a vote
        rigged and Nazi watched over voters
      2. appealed for Br help
        helped hitler make Anchluss happen, felt countires had the right to
        Br + Fr not ready for war at all
4. hitler gained more land, soliders etc reversing TOV
5. Czech goverment scared, knew they were next
Appeasement
1. 'negotiated' with hitler
2. gave him what he wanted or without interference
  1. Czechslovakia
    1. Rhineland
  2. thought he could do whatever, took many risks
    1. encouraged hitler to become more agressive
    2. with every victory, he grew in confidence and power so thought he could keep taking
3. gave hitler more land, resources etc reversing TOV
4. led to Nazi-Soviet Pact
5. some say Chamberlain had no choice as Br was not ready economically or resources wise for a war
Sudetenland Crisis/ Munich agreement and Invasion of Czech
1. Hitler asked for bit of Sudetenland, allies agreed asked for all, they were reluctant
2. Germans lived there wanted to unite them
  1. also a very industrialised and well militarised area
    1. lost 70% of industry and defense
  2. makes Germans look like victims by getting Nazi to cause trouble
3. had conference involving Fr Br Gr It, no USSR or Czechs
  1. USSR felt betrayed, lead to mistrust with allies, led to NSP
  2. Czechs felt betrayed thought allies would help
    1. Chamberlian wanted to keep peace
4. Chamberlian speeds up rearmament incase of war
5. Hitler gets what he wants without fighting, boosts confidence
6. makes Chamberlain looks good as he maintains peace
  1. Hitler promised not to take anymore land
    1. invades rest of Czechoslovakia months later with no opposition = grown confidence

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