Booklet 4

Question 1

What were foreign policy aims?

Answer 1

• Reverse the treaty of Versailles
• Unite all German speaking people
• Destroy communism
• Anshcluss
• Lebensbraum

Question 2

Why did Hitler want to unite all German speaking people into Germany?

Answer 2

-All the Germans in Poland, France and Czechoslovakia to come back into Germany

Question 3

What was ANSCHLUSS?

Answer 3

union of German and Austria

Question 4

Why Did Germany want Lebensraum?

Answer 4

-by expanding he gets more land ,people ,war resources and food

Question 5

Why was Hitler in a strong position in 1933 to achieve his foreign policy aims?

Answer 5

• world jus emerged from great depression, more worried about internal affairs
• league of nations did not act against Japan, showed league did not act against acts of aggression
• If Hitler challenged treats he would not face great deal of opposition as Britain had remorse for Germany

Question 6

When was the Disarmament conference?

Answer 6

1932

Question 7

What happened at the disarmament conference?

Answer 7

• France told to disarm to Germany’s level
• France refuses and walks out
• German rearms 300,000 men ,1,000 planes they are not stopped

Question 8

When was the Non aggression pact with |Poland?

Answer 8

1934

Question 9

What happened at the non aggression pact?

Answer 9

• promised to accept the borders of Poland

- improved trading

Question 10

When was the attempted Anchluss?

Answer 10

-July 1934

Question 11

What happened at the attempted Anschluss?

Answer 11

• Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss banned Nazi party
• Austrian Nazi party fought back and assassinated him
• Failed due to lack of support from Hitler as he was afraid Mussolini would retaliate
• Hitler denied involvement and 100,000 Italian troops were stationed at the border

Question 12

When was the return of the Saarland?

Answer 12

-January 1935

Question 13

How did the Saarland get returned to Germany?

Answer 13

• national vote was held by league of Nations

- voted to re-join Germany

Question 14

When did Hitler announce he was rearming

Answer 14

March 1935

Question 15

How was Hitler allowed to rearm and how many troops?

Answer 15

army, navy, airforce were built up openly

• 550,000 men
• France and Soviet |Union were building up their armies self defence

Question 16

When was the Anglo German naval treaty

Answer 16

June 1935

Question 17

What happened in the Anglo German Naval treaty?

Answer 17

Britain undid united front at Stresa

• Britain accepted breaking of treaty of Versailles
• Germany was allowed to build a fleet 35 percent size of Britain’s
• same number of subs

Question 18

When and what happened after Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland?

Answer 18

7th March 1936

-no response from Britain or France due to the Abyssinian crisis (Italy invaded)

Question 19

When was the Rome-Berlin axis?

Answer 19

October 1936

Question 20

When was the Anti comintern pact?

Answer 20

November 1936

Italy joined November 1937

Question 21

What events Sudetenland crisis ?

Answer 21

April 1938 - same thing as Austria but blamed it on Czech officials
- Chamberlain arranges meeting as Czechoslovakia is threatened

Question 22

When and what happened at Munich conference?

Answer 22

• September 1938
• Britain ,France ,Germany and Italy decided to give Germany Sudetenland as long as he did not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia

Question 23

When and what was the pact of steel?

Answer 23

• May 1939

- Mussolini and Hitler agreed to make a military alliance

Question 24

When did Hitler invade Poland

Answer 24

September 1939

Question 25

How did war start?

Answer 25

• Britain and France decided to honour their obligation to Poland
• gave Hitler 3 days to withdraw from Poland or war
• Sept 3rd 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany