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What were the 3 aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy?

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  1. Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
  2. Expand German territory
  3. Defeat Communism
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What was Lebensraum?

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Living space- room for the growing German population, especially in eastern Europe

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What was Anschluss?

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Union- specifically between Germany and Austria

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What were the six steps to war, 1935- 9?

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  1. Rearmament (1933 onwards)
  2. Rhineland (7 March 1936)
  3. Austria (11 March 1938)
  4. Sudetenland (1 October 1938)
  5. Czechoslovakia (15 March 1939)
  6. Poland (1 September 1939)
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What is conscription?

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Calling up men to join the army

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What date did Hitler introduce conscription in Germany?

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1935

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When did Hitler reoccupy the Rhineland?

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7 March 1936

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How many soldiers did Hitler’s army have when he reoccupied the Rhineland, and what were their orders?

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22,000

They had orders to retreat if the French tried to stop them

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What did Chamberlain give Hitler at Munich?

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The Sudetenland - the Czechs were not consulted

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What was the date of the Munich agreement?

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29 September 1938

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When did Hitler invade Poland?

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1 September 1939

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When did Britain declare war on Germany?

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3 September 1939

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What was appeasement?

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Giving a bully what he wants

i.e. buying peace by giving Hitler everything he wanted

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Give an example of someone who agreed with Chamberlain’s policy

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The Daily Express, Most British people and the Frech premier Daladier

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Give an example of someone who disagreed with Chamberlain’s policy

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Winston Churchill

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16
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What date did Hitler invade Austria?

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11 March 1938

17
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During the Sudeten crisis, Chamberlain met Hitler on three occasions - where and when?

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  1. Berchtesgaden (15 September 1938)
  2. Bad Godesberg (22 September 1938)
  3. Munich (29 September 1938)
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Why did Chamberlain decide not to help Czechoslovakia?

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  • it was a ‘far away country’- ‘You only have to look at the map to see that nothing we could do could possibly save Czechoslovakia’
  • it was a quarrel ‘between peopls of whom we kow nothing’
  • ‘war is a feargul thing, and we must be very clear before we embark on it that it is really the great issues which are at stake’
  • ‘I am myself a man of peace to the depths of my soul’
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Why did Chamberlain appease Hitler?

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  1. Approval
  2. Britain was weak
  3. Communism
  4. Democracy
  5. Empire
  6. France
  7. German propaganda
  8. Home
  9. 1st World War
  10. Justice
  11. Cost
  12. League of Nations
  13. Morality
  14. Neville Chamberlain
  15. Out of sight, out of mind
  16. Peace movement
  17. Quit
  18. Remote
  19. Spanish Civil War
20
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What did Chamberlain call the Munich agreement?

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‘Peace for our time’

21
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What did Churchill call the Munich agreement?

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‘A total defeat’

22
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When did Hitler march into the Sudetenland?

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1 October 1938

23
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When did Hitler invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?

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15 March 1939

24
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What was Kristallnacht, and why did it turn British people away from appeasement?

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Nazi attack on the Jews (8 Novembet 1938) showed that Hitler was a monster

25
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What was the ‘National register’, which was set up in December 1938?

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A register of who would do what if there was a war

26
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What were Londoners given in January to prepare them for a war?

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Anderson air-raid shelters

27
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What did the Civil Defence Act of April 1939 say?

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It made plans to evacuate women and children to the countryside

28
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What was the act which introduced conscription in England, and what date was it passed?

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The Military Training Act (1 May 1939)

29
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What was the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler?

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Pact of Steel (22 May 1939)

30
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Give four reasons why Britain did not manage to make an alliance with Russia?

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  • Suspicion
  • Choice
  • Appeasement
  • Britain delayed
31
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Give four reasons why Germany did manage to make an alliance with Russia?

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  • Time to prepare for war
  • Hope to gain
  • Unhappy with Britain
  • Germany
32
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What pact was made between Russia and Germany?

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

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