Development of tension Flashcards
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What were Hitler’s aims
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- Overturn treaty of Versailles
- Rearm Germany
- take Lebansraum (living space) in the east
- Unite German speaking people and create a Greater Germany
- Unite Germany and Austria (Anschluss)
- Destroy communism
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How would Lebensraum lead to war
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- In order to take land in the east, he would have to invade countries in eastern Europe
-other countries may step in to protect them
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How would German Rearmament lead to war
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- Hitler wanting to introduce conscription and build a Luftwaffe broke international law, and would make other countries suspicious
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How would reuniting German speaking people lead to war
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- Was again breaking international law as Anschluss was banned
- Countries may not want to give up these regions without a fight
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How would destroying communism lead to war
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- USSR had a massive army and were developing better relationships with Britain and France
- USSR was allied with countries Germany and targeted for lebensraum- provoking a powerful nation that are bound to fight back
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British reactions to Hitler’s foreign policy
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- British remembered horror of ww1 and would do anything to prevent another
- Chamberlain had police of ‘appeasement’ to give hitler a little of what he wanted to stop full scale war
- Many felt treaty was in fact too harsh and that Germany should be allowed to become a bit stronger
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French reactions to Hitler’s foreign policy
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- France were suffering greatly in the 30s, and couldn’t concentrate on threat of Hitler due to own problems
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USSR reactions to Hitler’s foreign policy
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- Stalin concerned about Hitler, as he promised to destroy communism
- USSR signed treaty of mutual assistance with France in order to stop Hitler’s expansion
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USA reactions to Hitler’s foreign policy
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- USA followed policy of isolationism throughout 20s and 30s and agreed that if there was another war, they shouldn’t get involved
- Roosevelt tried to get Hitler to stop invading people but it wasn’t taken seriously
- US quietly started preparing armed forces
10
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What happened at LofN Disarmament conference 1933
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- Hitler agreed to disarm if other nations did, and if not he should have same size army as France
- France disagreed and so Hitler stormed out, claiming France were being unreasonable
- Germany then left LofN
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What was the Dollfuss Affair 1934
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- Dollfuss, the Austrian chancellor banned nazi party in Austria in order to stop Anschluss
- Hitler told Austrian nazis to cause havoc, and they killed Dollfuss
- However due to Mussolini’s troops being on Austrian border as they had agreed to stop Anschluss, Hitler backed down as he was not strong enough
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What happened at Freedom to rearm rally in 1935
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- Hitler openly displayed his weapons and troops he had been building in secret
- Hitler announced he was reintroducing conscription, increasing army to 1 million and building a Luftwaffe
- Showed Hitler could openly defied TofV
13
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What was the Saar plebiscite 1935
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- A plebiscite was held to decide who should control the Saar coalfields
- 90% of population agreed it should go to Hitler
- Hitler used as propaganda to show that countries wanted to rejoin Germany
- Hitler gained rich coalfields
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What was the Anglo-German naval agreement 1935
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- Britain signed an agreement saying Germany could build their navy to 35% of British one
- Britain allowed Germany too build 45% of number of British submarines
- Hitler saw this as Britain saying TofV was unfair and he could ignore it
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What was the stresa front 1935
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- An agreement between Britain, France and Italy to protect Austrian independence and to stop Hitler from breaking any more terms of TofV
- Didnt concern Hitler
