Causes of WW2

Question 1

Name 4 of Hitler’s main aims.

Answer 1

1. rebuild army and navy 2. reoccupy Rhineland 3. regain lost teritory 4. Lebensraum

Question 2

What was Lebensraum?

Answer 2

to expand into a ‘greater Germany’

Question 3

What was the Luftwaffe?

Answer 3

German air force during WWII

Question 4

What was the Rhineland?

Answer 4

demilitarized zone between Germany and France

Question 5

what was Anschluss?

Answer 5

Union of Austria and Germany

Question 6

What was the Sedutenland?

Answer 6

the German speaking areas of Czechoslovakia

Question 7

Who attended the Munich Conference?

Answer 7

Chamberlain (Britain), Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy) and Daladier (France)

Question 8

Who didn’t attend the Munich Conference?

Answer 8

The leader of Czechoslovakia

Question 9

What was agreed at the Munich Conference?

Answer 9

Germany could have the Sudetenland, but would not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia, or any other land.

Question 10

What were France and Britain’s attitudes towards this?

Answer 10

they wanted to avoid war, thought it was too soon for war, more worried about Stalin’s communism, British thought that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh

Question 11

What was appeasement?

Answer 11

Britain and France’s response to German demands, agreed to Hitler’s demands to avoid war