Causes Of WWII - Key Dates

Question 1

Hitler comes to power in Germany and begins to rearm the country - Causes of WW2

Answer 1

30th January 1933

Question 2

The Dollfuss Affair - Causes of WW2

Answer 2

1934

Question 3

The Saar Plebiscite - Causes of WW2

Answer 3

January 1935

Question 4

The remilitarisation of the Rhineland - Causes of WW2

Answer 4

7th March 1936

Question 5

Plebiscite for Anschluss announced - Causes of WW2

Answer 5

9th March 1938

Question 6

Anschluss result revealed - Causes of WW2

Answer 6

10th April 1938

Question 7

Hitler made his plans for taking the Sudetenland clear - Causes of WW2

Answer 7

May 1938

Question 8

Chamberlain meets with Hitler - Causes of WW2

Answer 8

15th September 1938

Question 9

The Munich Agreement is signed - Causes of WW2

Answer 9

29th September 1938

Question 10

German troops enter the Sudetenland - Causes of WW2

Answer 10

1st October 1938

Question 11

Hitler begins to take all of Czechoslovakia - Causes of WW2

Answer 11

15th March 1939

Question 12

The Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed - Causes of WW2

Answer 12

23rd August 1939

Question 13

BRI FRA tell CSV plans to give parts of the Sudetenland to Germany - Causes of WW2

Answer 13

19th September 1938

Question 14

Hitler increases his demands to the entire Sudetenland - Causes of WW2

Answer 14

22nd September 1938

Question 15

The Invasion of Poland begins - Causes of WW2 - Causes of WW2

Answer 15

1st September 1939

Question 16

World War 2 begins - Causes of WW2

Answer 16

3rd September 1939

Question 17

What was Hitler’s policy of providing space for German speaking peoples? - Causes of WW2

Answer 17

LEBENSRAUM

Question 18

When did Hitler host the first Nuremberg Rally? - Causes of WW2

Answer 18

1935

Question 19

What was the Nuremberg rally? - Causes of WW2

Answer 19

A rally which displayed Germany’s strength in armed forces

Question 20

When did Hitler reintroduce conscription + what did this overturn? - Causes of WW2

Answer 20

1936

Overturned a section of the Treaty of Versailles

Question 21

How did Hitler’s introduction of Conscription solve unemployment? - Causes of WW2

Answer 21

Thousands of unemployed workers were drafted into the army

Question 22

How did Britain help to dismantle the ToV in 1935? - Causes of WW2

Answer 22

Agreed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement which allowed Germany to build its navy to 35% of the size of Britain’s

Question 23

What happened in the Dollfuss Affair of 1934? - Causes of WW2

Answer 23

Dollfuss banned the Nazis in Austria (concerned about potential Anschluss)
Hitler ordered Austrian Nazis to cause trouble, and in doing so murdered Dollfuss. Austrian army supported the govt. Hitler’s plan failed

Question 24

How did the Nazis influence the 1935 Saar plebiscite? - Causes of WW2

Answer 24

Nazis stirred up trouble and intimidated voters to ensure that a return to German control was confirmed

Question 25

Which major event distracted nations from Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland? - Causes of WW2

Answer 25

The Abyssinian Crisis

Question 26

Who did Hitler pressure into organising a plebiscite in 1938? - Causes of WW2

Answer 26

Schuschnigg, the Chancellor of Austria

Question 27

What percentage of Austria voted for Anschluss under Nazi view? - Causes of WW2

Answer 27

99.75%

Question 28

Why did Britain and Neville Chamberlain follow appeasement until 1939? (4) - Causes of WW2

Answer 28

Hitler was standing up to communism which was led by Stalin. The USA's army wouldn’t support Britain in the event of any war. Saw the ToV as unfair and damaging to Germany. Economic issues meant Britain would struggle to fund a war Horrors of WW1 were to be avoided at all costs British Empire was not supportive of a war against Germany

Question 29

Who was Edvard Beneš? - Causes of WW2

Answer 29

The President of CSV, who was not consulted about the returning of the Sudetenland to Germany

Question 30

Who was Arthur Seyss-Inquart? - Causes of WW2

Answer 30

He was made chancellor of Austria by Hitler following the Anschluss of March 1938, and Austria subsequently a Nazi satellite state

Question 31

How did the Nazis message towards women change after 1939?

Answer 31

-work; any childless women between 17-45 were forced into factory work