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| Question | Answer |
| The drift to WWII 'The hinge Years' 1929 - 34 Summary | Wall St Crash causes worldwide economic depression. League faces challenges from Japan & Italy - and collapses Powerful fascist dictatorships emerge as democracy is challenged |
| Global economic depression | 'When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold' Crash on Wall St (Oct '29) - an indication the US economy was in trouble - had global repercussions. Economic difficulties created political instability |
| Economic nationalism | When countries try to 'protect' their trade by placing 'tariffs' on imports - didn't work as trading partners responded in the same way! |
| Emergence of German Nationalism | The global depression helped Hitler to power in Germany. (1933) He set about a nationalist agenda that set him on a collision course with his neighbours. |
| League under pressure | Japan invades Manchuria. Italy invades Abyssinia (Both members of the League's Council!) Disarmament Conference fails. Germany rearms and begins a policy of aggressive nationalism. |
| Hitler's main 'beliefs' | Anti-communist Militarist / Nationalist Social Darwinist - Germany needed 'lebensraum' (living space) Anti-semitism How would these be achieved? |
| Hitler's actions (summary) | 1933: Leaves League 1933 - 35: Re-arms (against Treaty of Versailles) 1936: Re-occupies the Rhineland 1938: Unites (Anschluss) with Austria / is given the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) 1939: Occupies rest of Czechoslovakia / invades Poland (1st Sept) |
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