8 Steps to War

Question 1

1. Saar plebiscite

Answer 1

Jan 13 1935- People of Saar voted whether to join with Germany or remain as a LON mandated territory.
(Saar was a major source for Germany’s coal)

Question 2

2. Conscription and rearmament

Answer 2

Con- When it is compulsory to join the army

Re- militarize Germany

Question 3

3. Rhineland

Answer 3

March 7 1936 - Hitler reoccupied and re-militarized.

Rhine land was important for coal, iron, steel.

Question 4

4. Austria

Answer 4

March 12 1938 - Reunite all German speakers

Question 5

5. Munich- Sudetenland

Answer 5

Sep 29-30 1938 - Munich conference

Britain, France, and Italy allow Germany to take over parts of Munich.

Question 6

6. Czechoslovakia

Answer 6

1938-1945

Germany invades Czechoslovakia

Question 7

7. Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 7

1939 - a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that enabled those two powers to divide-up Poland between them

Question 8

8. Poland

Answer 8

1939 - marked the beginning of World War 2