Development of Tension (CAT)

Question 1

How many people were unemployed in Germany in 1933?

Answer 1

6 million

Question 2

What had Hitler promised to gain power?

Answer 2

To right the wrong of the treaty of Versailles and make Germany strong again

Question 3

What did Hitler want to do to make Germany a power once more

Answer 3

• overturn the treaty of Versailles
• rearm to make Germany strong
• create jobs in munitions factories and the armed forces
• increase Lebensraum (living space)
• unite Volksdeutsche (people with german blood without german citizenship)
• unite Germany and Austria once again in Anschluss
• destroy communism

Question 4

How did Britain react to Hitler’s foreign policy?

Answer 4

• many British politicians were convinced Hitler didn’t want war when he signed the non-aggression pact with Poland in 1934
• the British public felt the treaty of Versailles had been too harsh and Germany should reclaim some of what had been lost
• Neville chamberlain used appeasement in hope of stopping s full scale war
• Britain signed the stress front with France and Italy to unite against Hitler

Question 5

How did France react to hitters foreign policy?

Answer 5

• France we’re suffering greatly with the depression
• there were rebellions against the French government
• the French government found it difficult to concentrate on a threat from Hitler with their own problems

Question 6

How did the USSR react to Hitlers foreign policy?

Answer 6

• Stalin was concerned about Hitler who had promised to destroy communism
• stalin was also weary of the USA, Britain and France
• Stalin’s decides to start cooperating with the capitalist states to stop Hitler’s expansion into the east

Question 7

How did USA react to Hitler’s foreign policy?

Answer 7

• unemployment was at 25% in USA so Roosevelt focused on creating jobs for his people
• in the 1936 election Roosevelt promised to keep America out of any war in Europe
• in 1938 Roosevelt tried to get Hitler to stop invading countries but Hitler ignored this

Question 8

What did Hitler do on his road to war?

Answer 8

• Hitler leaves the League of Nations disarmament conference in 1933
• Hitler tells Austrian nazis to cause havoc and the chancellor of Austria (Dolfuss) is murdered in 1934
• the Saar plebiscite resulted in the Saar being returned to Germany and could be used to power his industry and build weapons in 1935
• the Anglo- german Naval agreement had seen Germany’s Navy increased to 35% of the British one which went against the treaty of Versailles
• Hitler was not concerned by the stress front which had been signed in 1935
• Hitler rearmed the army to 1 million men, built a Luftwaffe (Air Force) and introduced conscription in 1936