2) Origins of WWII

Question 1

What were 3 causes of WW2?

Answer 1

1) Re-armament
2) Lebesnraum (living space)
3) Allied appeasement

Question 2

3 acts of Rearmament

Answer 2

1) Conscription (1935)
2) Remilitarised Rhineland (1936)
3) 1939: 900,000 + soldiers, 8000 aircrafts

Question 3

3 acts of lebensraum

Answer 3

1) Anschluss: Annexed Austria 1938 (Shuschnigg was chancellor of Austria)
2) 1938: Czechoslovakia + Danzig
3) 1939: Invasion of Poland (direct cause of war)

Question 4

3 acts of Allied appeasement

Answer 4

1) Munich agreement (1938) - Chamberlain let Hitler annex Sudetenland
2) Soviet-German pact (1939) - SU + Germany exchanging materials, allowed them to take Poland
3) Allowed them to rebuild their army (break treaty)

Question 5

Rearmament quotes

Answer 5

1) ‘Germany’s purpose was to use military force in order to assert herself as power in Europe, and sooner or later this would involve a clash with some other nation.’
- S. Reed Brett

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Question 6

Lebensraum quotes

Answer 6

1) ‘Events showed that each success enlarged his violent ideas and inflamed his passion for further power.’ (In regards to Anschluss)
- S. Reed Brett

Question 7

Allied appeasement quotes

Answer 7

1) ‘Success and the absence of resistance tempted Hitler to reach out further and take bigger risks.’
- Alan Bullock

2) ‘I believe it is peace in our time.’
- Neville Chamberlain