Foreign Policys Flashcards

Policies actions (32 cards)

1
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aims of foreign policy

A

break treaty of versailles
resore germans military power
gain lebensraum in eastern Europe
create grossdeutsland

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2
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two agreements made by germany n other counties 1933 and 37

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non aggression pact with poland

anglo german naval agreement

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3
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how did hitler break treaty of versailles 1933 and 36

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battleships and submadines were built
luftwaffe wss created
sent 14000 soldiers and 22000 police into rhinland 1936

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4
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how did the nazis remilitarise the rhieland 1936

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marched 22 000 police 15 000 soldiers into rhieland
hitler was uncertain troops had orders to turn back if confronted
Britain was sympathetic to germanys claim that the treaty of versaills was too harsh
France was too weak to take action without Britain’s help
this policy of appeasement followed by Britain and France allowed Hitler to remilitarse the rhineland

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5
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in 1934 austrian nazis assassinated who

A

austrian Chancellor dollfuss

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6
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hitler considerd taking over austira at this point but who felt threatened

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italian leader Missolini

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7
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mussolini moved his toops to the boarder with Austria and hitler done what

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changed his plans as he felt the german army was not strong enough to fight Italy

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8
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by 1938 who were allies

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germany and italy and the german army had grown

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9
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Austrian nazis began to do what

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put pressure on the government to unite Austria and Germany

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10
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hitler forced who to appoint the Austrian nazi leader seyss-inquartas minister of the interior

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schuschnigg the Austrian Chancellor

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11
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schuschnigg tried to hold a what on what

A

referendum on whether Austria should join with Germany

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12
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Hitler was furious and who was forced to resign

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schschnigg

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13
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who became the new Austrian Chancellor

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seyss-inquart

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14
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who did seyss-inquart invite into his country

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german troops to restore order

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15
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the anschluss was confirmed with a plebiscite…….

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in witch 99.7% of Austrian people voting were in favour of it

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16
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the sudetenland was a part of were

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czechoslovakia that boarderd Germany

17
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Hitler wanted the sudetenland to create what

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grossdeutshland

and to gain access to the skoda arms factory

18
Q

nazis who lived there were directed by their leader who

A

henlein to stair up trouble they claimed that the czechs were mistresting the germans living there

19
Q

Hitler stated that he would declare war if what

A

areas of the sudetenland that were more than 50% German was not given to germany

20
Q

the British prime minister who met hitler how many times to try avert war

A

chamberlain

3 times

21
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hitler raised his claim to all of the sudetenland and there were worries that..

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war would break out after all

22
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Britain was following the policy of what

23
Q

the conference held in..

A

Munich September 1938

24
Q

who was at the conference

A

chamberlain
daladier-french leader
Mussolini-itilan leader

25
chamberlain Daladier and Mussolini all agreed what
to give hitler all of the sudetenland
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this was known as what
the Munich agreement
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who was not consulted in the Munich Agreement
czechoslovakia
28
when the germans took the sudentenland in.... | they gained control of what
1938 | czechoslovakias borders defences
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this made it easier for them to target the rest of the country which Hitler wanted for what
lebensraum
30
germany invaded Czechoslovakia when
March 1939
31
the invasion of poland was part of his quest for what snd he also believed what
lebensraum | poles were racially inferior
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this was made easier as he had singed the what in order to avoid what
Nazu soviet pact with the USSR | to avoid a war on two fronts