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When did Hitler come to power?

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1933

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What were hitler’s aims when he came to power?

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1) to abolish the TOV
2) expand German territory
3) defeat communism

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What was Grossdeutschland?

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Great Germany (all ethnic Germans united under one nation)

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What was Lebensraum?

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Living space (wanted to expand his empire to give Germans more room)

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How many aircraft did Germany have in 1932 and in 1939?

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1932: 36
1939: 8,250

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How many men were in the German army in 1932 and 1939?

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1932: 100,000
1939: 950,000

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How many warships did Germany have in 1932 and 1939?

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1932: 30
1939: 95

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When did Hitler stage the ‘Proclamation of Freedom to Rearm Rally”?

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1935

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When did Hitler reintroduce conscription?

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1936

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How did Hitler justify rearmament?

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1) reduce unemployment

2) other countries had refused to disarm

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When was the disarmament conference?

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1933

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When was the Saar Plebiscite?

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1935

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Why was the Tsar Plebiscite legal within the terms of the TOV?

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The TOV has stated that a vote on whether the Saarland would like to return to German rule would be held 15 years after the TOV

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How much of the vote did Hitler secure in the Saar Plebiscite?

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90%

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What did Hitler say after he gained the Saarland in the Saar Plebiscite?

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He had “no further territorial demands to make of France”

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When did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?

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March 1936

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What orders were German troops under when they entered the Rhineland?

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To retreat if they came into contact with French or British troops

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Why did France not act when Hitler matched troops into the Rhineland?

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France refuses to act without the support of Britain

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What did Chamberlain say about Hitler marching troops into the Rhineland?

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“Only marching into his own backyard”

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When did France and the USSR sign the mutual assistance pact?

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1936

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What did the Franco-Soviet Treaty do mutual assistance decide?

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France and the USSR agreed that both would go to war if either was invaded against Germany

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When was the Spanish Civil War?

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1936

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Who did the USSR support in the Spanish Civil War?

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The communists (who were supporters of the left wing republican government)

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Who did Germany and Italy support in the Spanish Civil War?

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The right wing rebels

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Who led the right wing rebels in the Spanish Civil War?
General Franco
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Give an example of a city affected by bombing raid in the Spanish Civil War
Guernica
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When was the Luftwaffe unveiled?
In 1935 during the ‘proclamation of freedom to rearm rally’
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When was the Rome Berlin Axis signed?
1936
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When was the pact of steel signed?
1939
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Who was the pact to steel an alliance between?
Germany and Italy
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When was the anti-comintern pact signed?
Japan and Germany signed in 1936 and Italy joined in 1937
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What was the aim of the anti-Comintern pact?
To limit communist influence around the world
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What was the alliance between Italy, Germany and Japan called?
The Axis Alliance
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When did Hitler achieve Anschluss?
1938
35
Give four reasons that Hitler wanted to take over Austria?
1) Hitler was Austrian 2) Austria had large deposits of iron and gold 3) wanted to achieve Grossdeutschland and Austria contained many ethnic Germans 4) he would have a bigger army due to conscription 5) he wanted to defy the TOV
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Why was Hitlers attempt to invade Austria in 1934 unsuccessful?
Mussolini stopped the invasion
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Prior to 1938 when had Hitler attempted to invade Austria?
1934
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How did Hitler gain control of Austria (4 points)?
1) Hitler got the Nazi party in Austria to stage riots and demonstrations calling for Anschluss 2) Hitler pressures the Austrian leader (schusnigg) to agree to Anschluss by threatening to invade 3) the Austrian leader eventually agreed after Britain and France refused to help 4) Hitler staged a plebiscite which was overseen by German troops
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What was the Austrian leader called in 1938?
Schusnigg
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How much of the vote did Hitler secure in the Anschluss Plebiscite?
99%
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When did Hitler gain the Sudetenland?
1938
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Why did Hitler want the Sudetenland(4 points)?
1) wanted to achieve Grossdeutschland and the Sudetenland contained many ethnic Germans 2) the Sudetenland bordered Germany 3) it contained coal and iron deposits 4) contained the Skoda factory which mainly manufactured armaments 5) wanted to defy the TOV
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Describe events in the Sudetenland which led up to the Munich Conference
1) got the Sudetenland Nazis to stage riots demanding to be a part of Germany 2) in September 1938 met with Chamberlain 3) said he only wanted bits of the Sudetenland and only if the Sudetenland Germans supported it in a Plebiscite 4) three days later Hitler said wanted all of Sudetenland 5) chamberlain mobilised the British navy
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Who was the leader of the Sudetenland Nazis?
Henlein
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When did Chamberlain and Hitler meet regarding the Sudetenland before the Munich conference?
September 1938
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When was the Munich conference?
1938
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Who was present at the Munich conference in 1938?
Britain, France, Italy and Germany
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Who was not present at the Munich conference in 1938?
The USSR and Czechoslovakia
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What was the Munich agreement?
Agreed to give Hitler Sudetenland
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What was the reaction of the British public to the Munich agreement?
Chamberlain received a heroes welcome upon returning
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What did Chamberlain say the Munich agreement achieved?
“Peace in our time”
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What percentage of the British population did not believe Hitler when he said he had no more territorial ambitions in Europe after gaining the Sudetenland?
93%
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When did Germany take over all of Czechoslovakia?
1939
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When did France and Britain make an agreement to go to war with Germany if Hitler invaded Poland?
1939 (after the Czechoslovakia crisis)
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How many ethnic Germans were living in the Sudetenland?
3.5 million
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How many army divisions did Britain have in January 1938?
2
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How many army divisions did Germany have in January 1938?
80
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How many civilian deaths were there at the bombing of Guernica?
1,500
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How many army divisions did Britain have in September 1939?
47
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How many aircrafts did Britain have in 1936?
2,000
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How many aircrafts did Germany have in 1936?
Over 5,000
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How many aircrafts did Britain have in 1939?
7,900
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How many aircrafts did Germany have in 1939?
8,250
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When was the Wall Street crash?
1929
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When did Italy invade Abyssinia?
1935
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When did Britain, France and the USSR meet to discuss an alliance?
March 1939( but Britain was reluctant to commit to an alliance)
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When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?
24th August 1939
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Why did Hitler sign the Nazi Soviet pact?
He wanted to avoid war on two fronts
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Give three reasons that Stalin signed the Nazi Soviet Pact
1) Britain and France did not seem like strong or reliable allies 2) wanted sections of eastern Poland 3) needed time to build up forces against German attack
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What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact agree?
1) publicly: non-agression pact between Germany and the USSR | 2) privately: divided Poland up between the two countries
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When did Germany invade Poland?
1st September 1939
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When did the USSR invade Poland?
17th September 1939
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When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
3rd September 1939
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How many troops did Mussolini send to the Austrian frontier in 1934 to stop Hitler invading Austria?
100,000
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What did Chamberlain say about the Sudetenland crisis?
“How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far away country between people whom we know nothing”
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When was the Anglo-German naval agreement signed?
1935
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What did the Anglo German naval agreement agree?
German navy would be 35% of the British navy

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