Causes Of WW2

Question 1

Main cause of WW2

Answer 1

Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

War guilt clause

Answer 2

Germany should accept the blame for starting WW1

Question 3

Reparations

Answer 3

Germany had to pay millions for the damage caused by war

Question 4

Disarmament

Answer 4

Germany was only allowed to have a small army and 6 naval ships. No tanks, no air force, and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland area was to be de-militarised

Question 5

Territorial causes

Answer 5

Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries.

Question 6

Anschluss

Answer 6

Union of Austria

Question 7

Reich

Answer 7

Empire

Question 8

Adolf Hitler

Answer 8

Ripped up the Treaty of Versailles, became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Secretly built up German army/weapons.

Question 9

Rhineland

Answer 9

Hilter ordered troops to enter in 1936. France and Britain were not ready for another war and the German army was still weak.

Question 10

Rome-Berlin Axis pact

Answer 10

Allied Hitler’s Germany with Mussolini’s Italy

Question 11

Anti-Comintern Pact

Answer 11

Allied Germany with Japan

Question 12

Taking back German land

Answer 12

In March 1938, German troops marched into Austria. The Austrian leader was forced to hold a vote asking the people whether they wanted to be a part of Germany

Question 13

Results of Austria’s vote

Answer 13

Results showed that 99% wanted union with Germany. Hitler promised this was the end of his expansion aims

Question 14

Why did the League of Nations fail

Answer 14

1. Not all countries joined the league
2. The league had no power
3. The league had no army
4. Unable to act quickly

Question 15

Lebensraum

Answer 15

A German word meaning living space