Section C

Question 1

1920: 25 Point Programme

Answer 1

defined Nazi aims, Anschluss, Lebensraum and reversal of ToV

Question 2

1924: Mein Kampf

Answer 2

Hitler explicit mentions Lebensraum and the ‘acquisition of new territory’

Question 3

1934: German-Polish non-aggression Pact

Answer 3

agreed boarders between Germany and Poland, as dictated by the Treaty of Versailles, ending an economically costly customs ‘war’, a ten-year peace was agreed

Question 4

1935 March: German introduces conscription and begins rearmament

Answer 4

initially done in secret to avoid breaching terms of ToV, from 1935 it was done openly and in defiance for Versailles

Question 5

1935 June: Anglo-German Naval Agreement

Answer 5

allowed Germany to build its navy to a larger size than allowed by the ToV, it had to remain no more then 35% the size of the British navy

Question 6

1936: Four-Year Plan

Answer 6

economic plan designed to prepare Germany for war with two key aims; autarky and munitions

Question 7

1936 March: remilitarisation of the Rhineland

Answer 7

contrary to terms of ToV, German forces reoccupied this region

Question 8

1936 November: Rome-Berlin Axis

Answer 8

first alliance between Germany and Italy, not a military pact but marked a change in Italian-German relations

Question 9

1937: Hossbach Memorandum

Answer 9

written summary of a meeting in Berlin at which Hitler outlines his foreign policy aims, it made clear that Hitler did not want war with Britain and France at this time, he wanted wars of conquest with weaker nations

Question 10

1938 March: Anschluss achieved

Answer 10

ToV banned it from happening

Question 11

1938 September: Munich Agreement

Answer 11

Britain, France and Italy agreed that Germany should have control of the Sudetenland

Question 12

1938 October: Sudetenland handed over to Germany

Answer 12

restored to Germany following the Munich Agreement

Question 13

1939 March: Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia

Answer 13

Britain and France protested against the breach of the munich agreement but took no military action

Question 14

1939 March: the Polish Guarantee

Answer 14

USSR, Britain and France agreed that if Hitler should invade Poland, they would come to its defence against Poland

Question 15

1939 May: the Pact of Steel

Answer 15

official alliance between Italy and Germany promising mutual assistance if either went to war

Question 16

1939 August: Nazi-Soviet non-aggression Pact

Answer 16

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, agreed a neutrality pact as long as both states kept to their own defined ‘spheres of influence’

Question 17

1939 September: the German invasion of Poland

Answer 17

triggered Britain and France’s declaration of war against Germany

Question 18

appeasement

Answer 18

a policy, supported by Chamberlain to allow Germany some concessions in the belief that it would prevent Hitler from being more aggressive

Question 19

pan-germanism

Answer 19

concept of a ‘Greater Germany’ where all German-speaking peoples are united in one nation state

Question 20

Weltpolitik

Answer 20

imperialist foreign policy of the German state under Wilhelm II

Question 21

Lebensraum

Answer 21

“living room”, idea developed in the late 19th century than gained traction amongst German nationalists in the early 20th century

Question 22

Sonderweg

Answer 22

Germany on a ‘special path’ to war