General Information Chapter 3

Question 1

German minorities

Answer 1

Successor states were weak and between Germany and the USSR
Most campaigned to be allowed to rejoin Germany-this grew stronger through shared resentment for the Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

Relationship between Germany and USSR

Answer 2

Treaty of Rapallo-giving up territorial and financial claims on one another
Both wanted areas in Poland
Germany wanted resources and a market, while the USSR needed skilled workers

Question 3

Britain and France’s relationship

Answer 3

France wanted a strong implementation of the Treaty

Britain wanted Germany as a trade partner and saw flexibility in the Treaty

Question 4

Leader of Austria

Answer 4

Kurt Schuschnigg

Question 5

Led the National rebels in Spain

Answer 5

General Francisco Franco

Question 6

Aid sent to the rebels

Answer 6

$215 million from Hitler
Transported 13 000 African troops and 270 000 kg of war supplies from North Africa to Southern Spain

Mussolini sent 80 000 troops as well as 1800 cannons and 3400 machine guns

Question 7

Military strategy developed in Spain

Answer 7

Blitzkrieg used in Spanish towns such as Guernica as practice for the luftwaffe

Question 8

Reasons Hitler wanted to invade Czechoslovakia

Answer 8

They were a democracy
Been formed by the Paris Peace Conference
Had alliances with France and USSR
3.5 million Germans in Sudetenland

Question 9

First meeting

Answer 9

Chamberlain met Hitler at his mountain retreat Berchtesgaden

Question 10

Second meeting

Answer 10

Chamberlain had gotten approval of all three governments but Hitler made new demands, wanting German troops to occupy the Sudetenland immediately

Question 11

Third meeting, Munich Agreement

Answer 11

Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini and Chamberlain
Sudetenland handed over ten days
Plebiscites held in mixed race areas
Four leaders would guarantee the rest of Czechoslovakia after Polish and Hungarian claims