Causes And Lead Up To Ww2 Flashcards

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Why did Hitler get away with Ignoring the Treaty of Versailles so many times

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The Other European countries felt that maybe it was a little too harsh on him but this meant they were a push over and eventually Hitler could bring his Army back

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What strategy did the west use to try keep Hitler happy and Stop a war

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Appeasement

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Why did the West Use appeasment

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They needed time to re-arm,They didn’t want a war,It was popular with people in the west and they were more scared of the Spread of communism and a Strong Germany would stop that

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What did the Munich Agreement Entail

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That Hitler can take the Sudetenland but nothing else

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How was the Treaty of Versailles one of the factors in war starting

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The Treaty was extremley hardh on the Germans and the People were extremely resentful and Frustrated at the other European countries they wanted to be proud of Germany again so when Hitler promised this they listened

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How did the League of Nations failure contribute towards ww2 starting

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The League of Nations was created to stop war however it had no Army and wasn’t aggressive enough to stand up to Hitler from the start,This meant he could do what he wanted with no opposition allowing him to re-arm Germany

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How did the American Policy of Isolationanism allow ww2 to start

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The USA was one of the only world powers Strong enough to Take Hitler head on and Beat him however Americans didn’t want Young Americans going to Europe and dying so the Americans stayed out of Europe.This meant Hitler didn’t have to worry about a massive superpower like that

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How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact help Cause the second war

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This pact allowed Hitler to avoid having to fight a Global Superpower and also having to avoid Fighting on 2 fronts which was a big part of why they had lost the First war

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