History Flashcards
(19 cards)
When did hitler become chancellor of Germany
January 1933
When did hitler rearm Germany and increase the number of soldiers
1933
When did the German troops March into the Rhineland
March 1936
When did Germany join with Austria
March 1938
When did Germany invade czechoslovakia
March 1939
When did Russia sign the Nazi soviet pact
August 1939
When did Germany invade Poland
September 1939
What was the nazi soviet pact
Hitler and Stalin promised that neither country would attack the other in the event of a war they also agreed to share Poland
What was the treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was an agreement Germany had to sign at the end of the First World War
When did Britain and France declare a war with Germany
1st September 1939
What does appease mean
When you let the opponent do something so their happy
Why did the uk appease Hitler
Uk thought Hitler had more troops than he did
What’s another reason the Uk appeased Hitler
People remembered the horrors of WWI
What tactics did Germany use
Blitzkrieg tactics
Where was Hitler born
Austria
When did Hitler invade the USSR
June 1941
What was one reason Hitler invaded the USSR
One reason was that he had failed to win the Battle of Britain so he decided to turn his attention elsewhere
What’s another reason why Hitler invaded the USSR
To defeat communism and to use the land in the USSR as lebensraum living space.
What does lebensraum mean
Living space
