Collapse of Peace

Question 1

When was the secret rearmament and what happened

Answer 1

1933
Army increased to 300,000 and built 1000 planes

Question 2

In what year did Germany withdraw from the disarmament conference and quit LON

Answer 2

1933
During their secret rearmament

Question 3

When and what was the Anglo German naval agreement

Answer 3

1935
Allowed Germany to have a navy 35% of the size of britains

Question 4

When did Germany publicly rearm

Answer 4

1935
Where they broke the terms of the treaty

Question 5

When was conscription reintroduced

Answer 5

1936

Question 6

What was appeasement

Answer 6

It was the policy adopted by Britain and France during the 1930s used to avoid conflicts by giving in to aggressive demands

Question 7

Examples of appeasment

Answer 7

Allowing hitler to remilitarise the Rhineland 1936
Allowing Hitler to take over the sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) 1938

Question 8

What happened with Hitlers take over the sudetenland and what was the Munich agreement

Answer 8

-In 1938 the German sudeten party demand a union with Hitler
-15th of September Hitler agrees to only take over the parts of the sudeten land where Germans live
- 22nd September Hitler goes against agreement and demands the entire Sudetenland
- the Munich agreement allowed Hitler to do thus

Question 9

What happened in the Saar in 1935

Answer 9

-the Saar had been run by the League of Nations since 1919
- in 1935 a plebiscite was held to decide whether the Saar would be given back to Germany
-Goebbels held huge propaganda campaigns to encourage people to vote
-90% voted for German rule

Question 10

Who was Joseph Goebbles?

Answer 10

-he was the minister of propaganda in Nazi germany

Question 11

How did Goebbles use propaganda

Answer 11

-he used various forms of media such as newspaper, radio and film to spread Nazi propaganda and manipulate public opinion
-Gobbles aimed to create a sense of unity and loyalty among the German people whilst demonising other nations and promoting Nazi ideology

Question 12

When was the remilitarisation of the Rhineland and what happened

Answer 12

-1936
-Hitler marched his troops into the Rhineland
-Rhineland was disarmed during TOV
-this would be a violation of the Locarno pact signed in 1925
-LON did nothing

Question 13

when was Anschluss and what happened?

Answer 13

-1938
-Hitler holds a vote in Austria for anschluss
-under the pressure of nazi troops 99.75% vote for Anschluss
-Hitler annexed Austria uniting the two countries under nazi rule

Question 14

What was the Spanish civil war?

Answer 14

-In 1936 civil war broke out in Spain lasting 30 months
-It was between the republican government and right wing general franco

Question 15

What was hitlers involvement in the Spanish civil war?

Answer 15

• supported his fellow fascist (general Franco)
  -sent 730 combat aircraft’s and pilots
  -took part in bombing raids on civilian
  -successfully tested out Germanys armed forces, tactics ready for WW2

Question 16

What was the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Answer 16

-1939
- a 10 year non aggression pact
-Privately agreed to divide Poland
-Stalin promised Baltic states

Question 17

How could appeasement be justified?

Answer 17

-Britain misunderstood Hitlers intentions (thought he could be trusted)
-Britain was unprepared for war (desperate to avoid war)

Question 18

How was appeasement wrong?

Answer 18

-Britain rewarded aggression instead of opposing it going against aims of LON
-gave Hitler a strong position by allowing him to break terms of the treaty