Ww2 Flashcards
What was hitters foreign policy
Overturn the treaty of Versailles
Retake lost land
United all German speakers under German rule
Lebensraum expand Germany’s borders to create living space
Only Germans can be citizens no Jewish people
Citizens are entitled to a job and a decent standard of living if this cannot be achieved and foreigners should be expelled
What is appeasement
When the allied forces just let hitler get away with things
What did hitler do from 1934-1935
Hitler realms breaks the treaty of Versailles secretly start building submarines tanks and fighter planes puts in conscription takes Germany off of the league of Nations
How does hitler rearming create tension in Europe
Britain and France will be expected to uphold the treaty of Versailles
They were scared that he would invade
What was the reaction of allied forces to hitters rearmament
Is France and Britain fought it was responsible let him carry on
What did Hitler do in 1936
Hitler enters the Rhineland he sent soldiers into the Rhineland he breaks the treaty again he signed a treaty with Japan and Italy
How does Hitler entering the Rhineland create tension in Europe
He is forbidden to go there
He was building it up doing more and breaking more rules on the treaty of Versailles
What is the allied response to Hitler entering the Rhineland
No one stop them they believed it was their land and they are just putting people in it Hitler said any resistance and the troops must come back
What does Hitler due on the 12th of March 1938
German troops march into Austria
The leader resigned another leader takes over and supports Hitler
How does Germany going into Austria create tension in Europe
He could soon be unstoppable he had broken treaty again
What was the allied response to Hitler marching into Austria
They didn’t do anything it wasn’t bad enough Austria wanted to be German land
What does Hitler do September 1938
Negotiate and gets the Sudetenland
How does this create tension in Europe
They hoped there would now be peace
What was the allied response to Hitler negotiating the Sudetenland
They gave land to him without inviting the persons land it was to the meeting
What did Hitler do in 1938 March
Hitler invade the rest of Czechoslovakia took it for living space
How does Hitler taking Czechoslovakia create tension in Europe
The allied forces realised he wasn’t gonna stop
What was the allied response to Hitler taking Czechoslovakia
They started to prepare for war they agreed to help Poland if they needed it
What did Hitler do August 1939
Signs the Nazi soviet pact Hitler signs a treaty with Stalin that says they wouldn’t fight each other the Russians could have part of Poland
What was the allied response to the Nazi soviet pact
Surprised allies because he hated communism but they didn’t do anything
What did Hitler do September 1939
Invades Poland
And what is the allied response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland
They declare war on Germany
What is stage one of the blitzkrieg tactics
The attack begins with bomber aircraft blowing up communication and airfields
What is stage two of blitzkrieg tactics
Parachutists I dropped ahead the main forces to catch a bridges and cut telephone lines lines
What is stage three of blitzkrieg tactics
Thanks advance over borders with support from fighter planes use radio to coordinate attack
