Causes of WW2 Flashcards
what did hitler do about germany’s army being limited
in 1933 Hitler drafted thousands of unemployed workers into the military
why did hitler do what he did about the germany’s army being limited
it helped him reduce umemployment but also helped him eliver his promise of making germany strong again
what did Hitler do about the Saar Plebiscite
the Saar belonged to the LON but they had a vote to return it to germant and 90% voted yes
why did hitler do because of the saar plebiscite
HItler wanted to show the world that german speaking people wanted to unite the nazis which would make him more powerful
what did hitler do about rhineland to be a demilitarised zone
in 1936 he moved his troops into the rhineland area
why did hitler do what he did because of rhineland being demilatarised
he took a huge gamble becuase if he had been forced to withdrae he would have lost many of the support of the german army
what did hitler do about germany being forbidden to unite with austria
in 1938 hitler sent his troops into Austria under the watch of the Nazi troops which caused people to vote for Anschluss
why did hitler do what he did becuase of germany being frobidden to unite with austria
he believed that the 2 countries belogned together as one german nations
what did hitler do about the sudetenland being in czechoslovakia
he said he needed to fight
then he only wanted parts of sudetenland
then he wanted all of it
finally an agreement was made where hitler got all of the sudetenland
why did hitler want the sudetenland
he wanted to unite all germans
military reasons why britain followed appeasement
britian believed that the armed forces were not ready
britian was not sure if it could face up to germany without the USA
britian also needed support from its empire
economic reasons why Britian followed appeasement
britian and france had large debts from WW1 so they could not afford war
public reasons why britian followed appeasement
they remembered the horrific experiences from ww1 and wanted to avoid it
they felt the TOV was unfair so they thought appeasement would help make a peaceful nation
example of appeasement
hamberlain signing the Munich agreement which resulted in Germany taking the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.
what was the Nazi Soviet pact
hitler made a secret traty with russia which would bring germany closer to russia
