Appeasement And The Road To War Flashcards
What are the ways in which Britain appeased Germany between 1933-1936
Britain allowed Germany to break the Treaty Of Versailles
British gov and public opinion had revised their attitude to ToV and agreed it was too harsh
Bri did not protest about reintroduction of conscription.
Bri took no action over creation of Ger Air Force
Anglo Ger Naval Deal allowed Ger to build army
Bri accepted reoccupation of the Rhineland
What was the British attitude to the Czech Crisis
Czech must take some blame
Czechs cannot be trusted
1938 - Czech crisis
What were the worries Britain and France had about Ger actions in 1936
Ger withdrew from Disarmament conference
Ger withdrew from league
France lost Poland as an ally
Hitter announced conscription
Ger army increased to 500 000
Hitler tried to take Austria in 1934
Hitter reoccupied Rhineland
What were the events in 1939 which lead to the outbreak of War
Ger invaded Czech in March 1939 breaking Munich Agreement
Bri sped up rearmament programme
Hitler r demanded the return of Danzig from Poland
Ger demanded permission to build a road and a railway line through Poland
Britain promised to defend Poland if they were attacked
September 1939 - Ger invaded Poland
Bri declared war on Ger
What were the Nazi ideas on race
1934 was the start of the Nazi regime
Germanic people had defended Europe in past
Aaryan Race was superior
Why did Hitler want to rearm
Gov disarmed in 1919
The ToV was stupid and harsh
Germany surrounded by hostile enemies
Rearmament - long term goal of Hitlers FP
Hitler interpreted lack of disarmament by Britain as breech of Versailles
What lead to the takeover of Czech
Nazi agitation in Sudetenland organised by Henlein
Ger failed in persuading Czech to hand over itself
Meeting 1 - 1938 September 15th
Meeting 2 - 1938 September 22nd-23rd
Meeting 3 - Munich Agreement
Why did Bri follow a policy of appeasement
Bri public opinion favoured peace
Memories of horrors of war
Bri weakened by economic depression
Lack of reliable allies
Communism
Mussolini - 1936 - bigger threat
Sympathy over ToV
Why didn’t Britain take military action against German reoccupation of the Rhineland
Due to Hitler planning it to take place at the weekend so the British gov couldn’t do anything about it until Monday morning
The Franco soviett pack provokes Hitker
why did Britain not take any action against Ger for the remilitarisation of the rhineland
due to hitler planning to take it back over a weekend, as he knew the british government wouldnt be able to do anything about it until monday morning
the franco soviet pact provoked hitler
france was too defense minded
anglo german naval deal
all other countries didnt stay disarmed
to defend herself from any in coming wars
what are the military terms of the ToV
ger was limited to 100 000 men
ger forbidden tanks
ger forbidden to take rhineland back
ger forbidden to have any submarines
no air force
limited to 6 battleships
why was the LoN weak
usa refused to join
russia not invited
assembly had to be unanimous
did not have its own army to back up its decisions
ger not allowed to join til 1926
failed to impose sanctions on abyssinia
why did hitler rearm ger after 1933
revenge for tov
lebensraum
unite all gers
for defence
take over of russia
restore ger pride
why did chamberlain follow a policy of appeasement
lack of reliable allies
communism
eco weakness
symapthy for tov
never again mentality
public opinion
what events lead to the takeover of czech
nazi agitation in sudetenland organised by henlein
ger failed to persuade czech to hand themselves over without any violence
meeting 1 - 15th sept 1938
meeting 2 - 22nd-23rd sept 1938
munich agreement
piece of paper
what were the nazi ideas of race
1934 - start of nazi regime
germanic people had defended Europe in past
Aaryan race was superior
why did hitler want to rearm ger
ger disarmed in 1919
tov stupid, harsh
ger surrounded by hostile enemies
rearmament - long term goal of hitlers fp aims
what were the events that lead up, in 1939, to the outbreak of war
ger invaded czech in march 1939 breaking munich agreement
bri sped up rearmament programme
hitler demanded return of Danzig from Poland
ger demanded permission to build a road and a railway line through poland
bri promised to defend poland if they were attacked
september 19390 - ger invaded poland
bri declared war on ger
what was the british attitude to czech in 1938
czech must take some blame
czechs cannot be trusted
they were quite far away from bri, so they were not britains concern at the time
1938 - czech crisis
what were the worries of bri and france about ger actions in 1936
ger withdrew from disarmament conference
ger withdrew from league
france lost poland as an ally
hitler announced conscription
ger army increased to 500 000
hitler tried to take austria in 1934
what were the ways in which Britain appeased ger between 1933 and 1936
bri allowed ger to break ToV
bri gov and public opinion had revised their attitude to ToV and agreed it was harsh
bri did not protest about reintroduction of conscription
bri took no action over creation of ger air force
anglo ger naval deal allowed ger to build army
bri accepted reoccupation of rhineland
what were the events that led to the abyssinian crisis
summer 1935 - mussolini grouped troops together and put them on the border of abyssinia
october 1935 - italy invades austria
haile selassie appealed to LoN for help, but it was slow
mussolini wanted to prove italy’s greatness through military victories
italy founder member of LoN, so they were declaring war on themself
bri and fr were not useful. they were not ready to send an army
what were the events that led to anschluss in 1936
meeting between hitler and schusschnigg at mountain home where hitler told him to lift the ban on austrian nazi party
schusschnig looked to help from britain andfrance, but that never came
schusschnigg announced his plebiscite
hitler marched 200000 troops onto border and forced schuschnigg to cancel his plebiscite and step down
seyss inquart replaced schuschnigg
hitler entered austria, invited, but failed as tanks broke down
hitler held his own plebiscite in april which 99.7% were in favour of
What were the events of the Abyssinian crisis
Mussolini wanted to make Italy feared, great and respected
Italian troops attempted an invasion in 1896 which failed, Mussolini wanted to avenge their defeat
Summer 1935 - amassed troops on Abyssinian border
October 1935 - launched full invasion
Haile Selassie took the case to LoN - flow and ineffective
Italy founder of LoN - basically declaring war on itself
Bri and Fr failed to impose oil sanctions
Failed to close Suez Canal
How was the LoN successful?
Made Danzig a free country
1921 - settled dispute between Sweden and Finland over Aaland Islands
1922 - saved Austria from economic collapse
1923 - limited, but not prevent Italian aggression of Greece over Corfu
1925 - halted Greek invasion of Bulgaria
What were the events of the Manchurian crisis
Sep 1931 - explosion caused minor damage to the south Manchurian railway at Mukden. Japanese blamed Chinese, however there was evidence of Japanese sabotage
It took a three day operation to move troops from the railway line to important towns in Manchuria
January 1932 - Japanese troops occupied while province of Manchuria
February 1932 - Japanese gov declared Manchuria as independent republic of Manchukuo
China took case to LoN who sent league commission to investigate in April 1932
LoN oct 1932 - declared that Japan should leave Manchuria and that Manchuria should be run as semi independent
