Appeasement Flashcards
What happened in June 1935?
Without consulting France or Italy the Baldwin govt. signed the Anglo- german Naval Agreement (limiting Germanys army to 35% the size of GB’s) - unrestricted submarine development (efffectively)
What did Hitler do in the Rhineland?
Hitler sent 20,000 troops into the Rhineland, an area in which was supposed to remain a de-militarised zone (according to ToV). - it borders France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
What did Neville Chamberlain (PM 1937-40) do with Hitler?
He switched to active- appeasement unlike Baldwin. Meeting Hitler 3x (Sep 1938) to agree he could have the Sudetenland - also agreed to have the USSR excluded from the Munich Conference which Hitler wanted, leading Stalin to believe GB & France were encouraging Hitler to attack.
What is the Munich Agreement? (30th September 1938)
The Munich agreement was an agreement concluded about the Sudetenland between British PM, French PM, and the Italians. Czech was not invited neither was Soviet Union. Germany got given the land (75% ethnic Germans).
How did Hitler break the Munich Agreement?
He invaded the rest of Czech, Britain took no action against it and actually handed the Czech gold reserves to Hitler (6 months later they were being used to finance Hitlers war efforts against GB).
Why did Chamberlain not ally with the USSR?
majorly anti-communist
Why did Chamberlain not listen to Churchills requests to co-ordinante military plans with France against Germany until 1939?
Because the “prince of peace” did not want to start a war against Germany, Britain was not doing economically well, and the public were very pacifist after WW1.
