the development of tension

Question 1

what did Hitler promise?

Answer 1

• to solve German unemployment
• “Right the wrong of the ToV”
• make Germany strong again

Question 2

what is Lebensraum?

Answer 2

living space in the East

Question 3

why did Hitler want Lebensraum?

Answer 3

the ToV redistributed 13% of German land- Hitler wanted to make sure Germans had enough land on to live and to farm

Question 4

what was Volksdeutsche?

Answer 4

people with German blood but without German citizenship

Question 5

what was Greater Germany?

Answer 5

Hitler’s aim to build a German empire, including all German- speaking people

Question 6

what was Anschluss?

Answer 6

to unite Germany and Austria

Question 7

who created communism?

Answer 7

Karl Marx

Question 8

why would Lebensraum lead to war?

Answer 8

• Hitler wanted land in the East
• to do this he would have to invade countries in Eastern Europe
• this could be considered an act of war and other countries may try and protect the ones being invaded

Question 9

why would rearmament lead to war?

Answer 9

• it broke international law- the ToV
• other countries would become suspicious why Germany would need a large army

Question 10

why did Hitler want to rearm?

Answer 10

• to reduce unemployment
• make Germany strong
• create jobs in munitions factories and the armed forces

Question 11

why would creating a Greater Germany lead to war?

Answer 11

• it was unlikely other countries would give up these regions without a fight
• Hitler was breaking international law

Question 12

why would destroying Communism lead to war?

Answer 12

• the USSR was communist- had a massive army and had good relations with Britain and France
• USSR was allied with the Eastern European countries Hitler was targeting for Lebensraum
• Hitler was provoking a powerful nation that was going to fight back

Question 13

what was Luftwaffe?

Answer 13

air force

Question 14

when was Neville Chamberlain Britain’s prime minister?

Answer 14

1937-1940

Question 15

who was the French president?

Answer 15

Edouard Daladier

Question 16

when would Hitler disarm?

Answer 16

as long as every other nation did

Question 17

what size army did Hitler want the same as?

Answer 17

France

Question 18

what year did Hitler storm out of the LoN Disarmament Conference & leave the LoN?

Answer 18

1933

Question 19

what year did Hitler get back the Saar?

Answer 19

1935

Question 20

what year was the Freedom to Rearm Rally?

Answer 20

1935

Question 21

what happened at the Freedom to Rearm Rally?

Answer 21

Hitler showed off weapons and troops he had secretly been building and he reintroduced conscription and that he was expanding his army to 1 million men and building an air force

Question 22

what was the Anglo- German Naval agreement?

Answer 22

• Britain signed an agreement with Germany that Hitler could have an army 35% of the size of the British one
• Britain allowed Germany to build 45% of the number of British submarines

Question 23

what year was the Anglo-German Naval agreement?

Answer 23

1935

Question 24

how many soldiers did Hitler march into the Rhineland?

Answer 24

22,000

Question 25

what date was the reoccupation of the Rhineland?

Answer 25

7th March 1936

Question 26

what year was the Franco- Soviet pact?

Answer 26

1935

Question 27

what was the Franco- Soviet pact?

Answer 27

an agreement to support eachother if either was attacked by Germany

Question 28

how did Hitler respond to the Franco- Soviet pact?

Answer 28

he claimed he was under threat- having enemies on both the Western and Eastern fronts

Question 29

what was Britain's reaction to the remilitarisation =?

Answer 29

- many Britons felt Germany had the right to protect their own borders- they should not intervene - British troops were busy in Abyssinia - the Depression- Britain could not afford to get involved in foreign affairs - many people thought Hitler was reclaiming what was his

Question 30

what was France's reaction to the reoccupation?

Answer 30

- politicians in France were having a general election- did not want to start a war- would make them lose votes - lots of the French army was in Tunisia on standby in case anything else happened in Abyssinia

Question 31

what was the Rome-Berlin axis?

Answer 31

the pact between Mussolini and Hitler

Question 32

why did Hitler and Mussolini send troops to Spain?

Answer 32

- he could test new weapons - his troops would get experience - if Franco won, Hitler would have gained an ally

Question 33

when was the Anti- Comintern Pact signed?

Answer 33

25th November 1936

Question 34

who did the Anti-Comintern Pact involve?

Answer 34

Germany and Japan

Question 35

what was the Pact of Steel?

Answer 35

the alliance between Germany and Italy - their armies would work together in any war that broke out

Question 36

what year did Japan join the Pact of Steel?

Answer 36

1940

Question 37

what could Anschluss help Hitler with?

Answer 37

to make a Greater Germany

Question 38

who was Dollfuss replaced with?

Answer 38

Schuschnigg

Question 39

what deal did Schuschnigg make with Hitler?

Answer 39

Hitler would support and protect him and in return Schuschnigg would give Hitler key positions in the Austrian government

Question 40

what happened in January 1938?

Answer 40

police raided the headquarters of the Austrian Nazi Party and discovered plans to overthrow Schuschnigg

Question 41

what date did Germany invade Austria?

Answer 41

12th March

Question 42

how many Jews lived in Austria?

Answer 42

180,000

Question 43

why did Hitler target the Sudetenland?

Answer 43

- Czechoslovakia was set up under the ToV- Hitler wanted to overturn - Sudetenland had forts, railways and industries- could be of great use to Hitler

Question 44

how many German-speaking people lived in the Sudetenland?

Answer 44

nearly 3 million

Question 45

what happened on 15th September 1938?

Answer 45

Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler and Hitler asked for the Sudetenland- Chamberlain agreed because of appeasement

Question 46

what happened on 22nd September 1938?

Answer 46

Hitler changed his demands- he wanted the Sudetenland by 1st October and that Hungary and Poland should also receive Czech land

Question 47

when was the Munich Conference?

Answer 47

29th September 1938

Question 48

what did Hitler demand at the Munich Conference?

Answer 48

- Czechoslovakian army to leave the Sudetenland and the land should be handed over to Hitler - Hungary and Poland to have Czechoslovakian land as well - Hitler promised peace in Europe in return for the Sudetenland

Question 49

what happened the day after the Munich Conference?

Answer 49

the Anglo-German declaration was signed

Question 50

why was the invasion of the Sudetenland important?

Answer 50

- Hitler invaded a country where he had no claim - Britain and France alienated the USSR and lost an ally against Hitler - Hitler completed his invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939- he broke his Munich Conference promises

Question 51

what date did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?

Answer 51

15th March

Question 52

how many Austrian people voted for Anschluss?

Answer 52

99% of the population

Question 53

how was appeasement morally wrong?

Answer 53

- countries like Austria and Czechoslovakia were left occupied by the Nazis who treated people badly