RMZ of Rhineland and Anschluss

Question 1

What were the two treaties which protected the Rhineland’s DMZ status?

Answer 1

Treaty of Versailles

Locarno Treaty (1925)

Question 2

How many armed men did Hitler send into the Rhineland?

Answer 2

35,000

Question 3

What was happening in March 1936?

Answer 3

Abyssinian crisis

Hitler remilitarising the Rhineland

Question 4

When did troops first enter the Rhineland?

Answer 4

7th March 1936

Question 5

How did the LoN/France respond to the RMZ of the Rhineland?

Answer 5

LoN condemned after a week (14th March)

France condemned and sought British support

Question 6

How did Britain respond to the RMZ of the Rhineland?

Answer 6

Issued formal protest but encouraged France to avoid military action

Question 7

Why didn’t Britain want military action to the RMZ of the Rhineland?

Answer 7

Pacifist movement

Lord Lothian: “putting troops in her own back yard”

Question 8

Who was the Voice in the Wilderness?

Answer 8

Churchill, who called Hitler’s actions “sinister”

Question 9

What were the implications of Hitler’s Rhineland success?

Answer 9

Hitler’s became confident

LoN, Britain and France all looked weak

Rome-Berlin Axis formed in 1937

Hitler gained popularity

Question 10

Why was Hitler able to attempt another Anschluss?

Answer 10

Mussolini would not intervene this time

Question 11

What was Chancellor Schuschnigg’s approach towards Hitler?

Answer 11

Be cooperative to deter aggression

Question 12

What was the 1936 German-Austrian agreement?

Answer 12

Recognised Austria’s independence but changed its foreign policies to fit Germany

Question 13

What did Hitler demand of Schuschnigg in 1938?

Answer 13

Nazis to be given key government roles

Question 14

What role did Schuschnigg give to a Nazi?

Answer 14

Minister of the Interior

Question 15

Why did Hitler order Austrian Nazis to cause chaos?

Answer 15

So the law and order would crumble and he could justify sending troops to Vienna

Question 16

When did Schuschnigg announce a referendum?

Answer 16

9th March 1938

Question 17

What happened on the 10th March 1938?

Answer 17

Hitler demanded the referendum be called off

Schuschnigg complied and resigned

Question 18

When did German troops march into Austria?

Answer 18

12th March 1938

Question 19

What happened in the Austrian referendum of April 1938?

Answer 19

It was rigged so that 99.75% voted to unite with Germany

Question 20

What was Austria’s new status after the rigged referendum?

Answer 20

Became German province Ostmark

Question 21

Why didn’t France respond to the Anschluss?

Answer 21

Its entire government had resigned

Question 22

What was Chamberlain’s response to the Anschluss?

Answer 22

He didn’t intervene due to his policy of appeasement

Question 23

How did Churchill feel about the Anschluss?

Answer 23

Thought it was wrong that Hitler couldn’t use diplomacy to unite the countries

Question 24

What were the implications of the Anschluss for Germany?

Answer 24

7 million more people added to the Reich

+100,000 to the army

Hitler had gambled again and gained confidence and popularity

Rome-Berlin Axis strengthened