Question | Answer |
Saar Plebiscite - 1935 1. What happened? 2. What promise did Hitler make? | 1. Saar voted to return to Germany 2. Hitler promised to make no more claims on French land |
Rearmament - 1935 1. How did Hitler openly rearm? 2. What were to benefits of rearming for Germany? | 1. Held a massive military rally celebrating the army 2. Reduced unemployment and vulnerability |
Britain-German Naval Agreement - 1935 1. What did the agreement entail? 2. What policy did this begin? | 1. The German navy could increase but had to stay below 35% of the British navy 2. Appeasement |
Conscription - 1936 1. What did Hitler do? 2. What treaties did this break? | 1. Reintroduced conscription to the army 2. TOV |
Rhineland - 1936 1. What happened? 2. Why was this significant in leading the the war? | 1. Hitler marched troops into the Rhineland unopposed 2. If the Allies tried to stop Hitler, he would have retreated as Germany wasn't ready for war Once the Rhineland was re-militarised, Germany were more prepared for war and they believed they could get away with more due to Clemenceau and Chamberlain appeasing him |
Franco-Soviet Pact - 1936 1. What was the pact? 2. How did Hitler use it in his favour? | 1. Treaty to protect each other from attacks by Germany 2. Claimed Germany was under threat |
Rome-Berlin Axis - 1937 1. What was the agreement made? | 1. Hitler and Mussolini agreed to work more closely together |
Anschluss -1938 1. What happened? 2. Why did Hitler want to do this? What Nazi policy did this follow? 3. Why didn't Chamberlain intervene? | 1. Hitler united Austria and Germany and sent in troops for a trouble-free plebiscite 2. Pan-German Nationalism 3. He believed they had a right to unite TOV was wrong to separate them |
Munich Agreement - 1938 1. Who signed the agreement? 2. What was agreed on? 3. What Nazi policy did this follow? 4. What were the limitations of Chamberlain's decision? | 1. Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier 2. Gave Hitler the Sudetenland 3. Lebensraum 4. Didn't consult Russia or Czechoslovakia |
Anglo-German Declaration - 1938 1. What was the agreement made? | 1. Hitler and Chamberlain promised to never go to war with each other and settle disputes peacefully |
Czechoslovakia - 1939 1. What happened? 2. What further claims did this lead to? | 1. Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia 2. Hitler demanded for Danzig to be returned to Germany |
Anglo-Polish Pact - 1939 1. What was the pact? 2. Why did this make war inevitable? | 1. A pledge to protect Poland 2. If Hitler invaded Poland, Britain would declare war on Germany |
Nazi-Soviet Pact - 1939 1. What was the pact? 2. What was agreed in secret? | 1. Agreed not to fight each other 2. To split up Poland between them |
Appeasement 1. Why did Britain and France follow the policy of Appeasement? 2. What were the reasons for Appeasement? 3. What were the reasons against Appeasement? | 1. They believed that if they gave Hitler minor things, they could avoid major things eg. war 2. TOV was too harsh, wanted peace, were still recovering from Great Depression so weren't ready for war 3. Missed opportunities to stop Hitler eg Rhineland, the more they gave Hitler the more power he had which he took advantage of, allowed Hitler to break agreements showing weakness |
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