Hitlers Forgein Policy Flashcards
(86 cards)
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Hitler signs 10-year non aggression pact with Poland
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Jan 1934
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Mussolini prevents Anschluss
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July 1934
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Saar returned to G
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Jan 1935
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Stresa front formed
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April 1935
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Anglo German naval agreement
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June 1935
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Mussolini invades Abyssinia
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Oct 1935
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Rhineland demilitarised
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March 1936
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Rome-Berlin axis signed
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Oct 1936
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Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister
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May 1937- policy of appeasement starts
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Anschluss
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Match 1938
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Munich conference
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Sept 1938
12
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March 1939
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Collapse of Czechoslovakia
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Nazi-soviet pact
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August 1939
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Attack Poland an outbreak of ww2
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Sept 1939
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Treaty of London
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Declared Belgium neutral in 1839
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When was war declared by Gb wwi
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3rd august
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Where did G attack through in the Scheifflen plan?
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Belgium
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Where did France expect to be attacked from
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Alsace and Lorraine
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How long did G think it would take the French to surrender
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6 weeks
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What did A-H think it’s future depended on?
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Crushing Serbia and the assassination was the perfect excuse
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What did A-H sed to Serbia
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10 point ultimatum
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Which point did they reject
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Point 6 which would have involved the Austrians influencing the justice system
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When did A-H start war?
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28th of July 1914
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When did the Russia mobilise?
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30th of July
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When did G declare war on Russia?
1st of August
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What ensured the spread of war from the east?
The Scheifflen plan
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What group killed him?
The black hand gang
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Who were The black hand?
Terrorists from all over the Balkans, who hated A-H as they were unfair on them
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What was The black hands aim?
To unite all Serbs in a greater Serbia
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How many policemen were there
120- he wanted to show the people that he trusted them
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How long was the procession
6km
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How many people were wounded by the first grenade?
20
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Who killed him?
Gavrilo Princeps
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Why was Gavirilo not executed?
Only 19
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When was Hitler in prison
1924
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What was the book he wrote called?
Mein Kampf
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What does mein Kampf mean
My struggle
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What was Hitler's main aims *three
1) to make Germany a great power again
2) to unite all German speaking people
3) To gain territory for Germany in the east to provide lebensraum (living space) for the German people
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How did Hitler plan on achieving his aims
Destroying the Treaty of Versailles
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What was the Treaty of symbol of the German people
Germany's defeat and disgrace
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What happened when Hitler gained some power in 1932
Some fo the reparations were cancelled
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How did hitler plan on furthering his aims *4
1) change the territorial settlement by regaining lands inhabited by G people, eg saar and danzig
2) bring german speaking people together
3) build up army so they could support his aims by force
4) expand into the east against communist russia
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When did rearmament begin again
1933
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When did g join league
1926
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When was the disarment conference
1932
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Why did G withdraw from the league in 1933
Becausre france refused to disarm because of its fear of G
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What did H insist when he left the league
That he wanted peace and he would be prepared to disarm if other countries did to
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When did conscription start in G
1935
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What was his reason for starting conscription again
Frnce had increased their conscription time to 18 months from 12 months
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What was Germanys only opposition
The stressa front
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Who was in the stressa front
france, gb, italy
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What did GB think about the treaty
Too harsh and should be changed
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What did the french think of the treaty
They were afraid of G's recovery and wanted to see it strenthened
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Why did GB allow G get away with so much
Because they listend more to their promises of peace than their acts of aggresion and reversal of the treaty
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Why was rearmament good for hitler
Showed he was a strong leader, who would make g great again
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Why was letting G remiltarize dangerous
Because it gave hitler confidence to reverse the treaty even more
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What was the consequence of G's remilatarization
GB started to rearm
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Why was french securupity not effected
Because they had slready started to build the Maginot line, a vast series of fortications on the border ir france and germany
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When was the ten year non aggression pact
1934
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What did the ten year non aggression pact mean
It guaranteed the boundaries of poland
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Why did this pact make germany look good?
It pleased GB as it was further proof that Hitlers aims were peaceful, as iy mrsnt that G had accepted the boundaries set by the TofV
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When was the saar plebicite
Jan 1935
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What was the plebiscite for
To decide whether it shouldnremain under control of the league or return to G or join F
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What nationality were most ofthe inhabitants
German
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How many voted for it to return to G
90%
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How many voted for France
2%
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How many voted for it to stay under the control of LofN
8%
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When was the Anglo- German naval agreement
1935
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What was G's fleet limited to
35% of the strength of GB
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Why was the Anglo- German naval agreement a success for hitler
It weakened the stressa front
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By 1938 how many u-boats did G have and how big was their army
47 uboats
800,000 men
2,000 aircrafts
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When was the re-militarisation of the Rhineland
7th march 1936
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What was re-militarisation of the Rhineland against
The TofV and the Locarno pact
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When was the Locarno pact
1925
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What did hitler announce after
That he had no more territorial aims in Europe and he would sign a 25 year non aggression pact
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What did the league do
They condemned G but nothing was done as only russia voted to do anything
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Why was nothing done
More concerned about Abyssinia and France was not willing to oppose without GB
GB felt like 'they were moving into their back garden'
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When was failed Anschluss
1934 July
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How did hitler start his failed Anschluss
He encourage the Austrian nazi party to rebel and this resulted in the murder of the Austrian chancellor, Dollfuss
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Who prevented hitler and how
Mussolini, by moving his troops to the frontier
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Why did hitler give up
He realised he wasn't strong enough
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How many german speakers were there in Czechoslovakia and Poland
4 million
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How many in Austria
7million
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When was the Rhineland demilitarised
7th march 1936
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When was the Saar plebiscite
Jan 1935
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G withdraws from the league
1933
