Agreements/ The Rise of Tension

Question 1

When was the Anglo-German Naval pact signed?

Answer 1

June 1935

Question 2

What did the Anglo-German Naval pact allow?

Answer 2

It allowed Germany to build up to 35% of Britain’s naval power and 45% of their submarine strength - This broke the Treaty of Versailles, therefore undermining the Stresa Front

Question 3

When did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland and how did he pull it off?

Answer 3

March 1936; France was in the middle of an election campaign, therefore no-one intervened in the matter, despite the LoN’s anger

Question 4

What Pacts were signed in 1936-37 and what did they do?

Answer 4

Rome-Berlin Pact (1936): United Germany and Italy.
Anti-Comintern Pact(1937): United Germany, Italy and Japan ‘against communism’/The USSR

Question 5

What was Anschluss and why did Hitler want it?

Answer 5

Anschluss was the name for the union between Germany and Austria, which Hitler wanted to unite all German speaking people and for Austrias resources

Question 6

When did Hitler achieve anchluss with Austria?

Answer 6

12 March 1938