1933-1936 Interpretations

Question 1

what was the foreign policies of the First and Second Reich?

Answer 1

expansion through war

diplomacy with other nations/alliances

Question 2

why did hitler call the nazi regime the third reich?

Answer 2

believed his foreign policy continued the work of previous german empires

wanted to make Germany as powerful as they had been e.g. he was positioned next to previous leaders in nazi propaganda

Question 3

when was the treaty of versailles signed?

Answer 3

28 june 1919

Question 4

what happened to german military after tov?

Answer 4

max 100000 soldiers; no airforce; no submarines; no tanks

Question 5

how did stresemann go against the terms of the tov?

Answer 5

secret rearmament agreements made with ussr e.g. german tanks being built and tested in ussr by 1928

Question 6

what agreement was made about the rhineland in 1930?

Answer 6

allies withdrew troops 5 years earlier than planned

Question 7

who was the director of KWIA and what did he believe in?

Answer 7

Eugen Fischer

controlling human reproduction to improve genetic quality of humans

Question 8

how did hitler overturn the work of stresemann?

Answer 8

withdrew germany for the league of nations in 1934 which was joined in 1920

Question 9

when did hitler write mein kampf?

Answer 9

1925

Question 10

what was the name of hitlers other unpublished book and when?

Answer 10

zweites buch 1928

Question 11

identify 3 foreign policy aims outlined in his books

Answer 11

overturn tov
expansion/lebensraum
alliances with racially superior countries

Question 12

what was the name of the nazi party’s foreign office set up in 1933?

Answer 12

the bureau ribbentrop

Question 13

what did hitler declare in 1933?

Answer 13

aim to overturn the tov with diplomacy

Question 14

when and what was the non-agression pact?

Answer 14

jan 1934

germany/poland agreed to not go to war with each other

Question 15

when did the nazis attempt but fail to take control of austria?

Answer 15

july 1934

Question 16

why did germany fail to take control of austria?

Answer 16

M moved 40000 italian troops to the austro-italian frontier forcing germany to back down

Question 17

which area voted to be part of germany and when?

Answer 17

saarland (previously controlled by league of nations)
great propaganda success for the nazis
jan 1935

Question 18

when did the nazis announce the four year pan?

Answer 18

1936

Question 19

when did the nazis announce that germany was rearming?

Answer 19

16 march 1935

Question 20

when did german troops enter the rhineland?

Answer 20

march 1936

Question 21

when was the rome-berlin axis and why was it signed?

Answer 21

nov 1936 they were both supporting the spanish fascists in the spanish civil war

Question 22

what did the anti-comintern pact state?

Answer 22

germany, japan and italy would do all they could to stop communism spreading