Causes Of WWII- Dates

Question 1

October 1933

Answer 1

Germany withdrew from disarmament conference and LON

Question 2

January 1934

Answer 2

Germany signed non-aggression pact with Poland- surprise given Germany’s hostility and territorial claims in Poland

Question 3

1934

Answer 3

Hitter tries to take over Russia but was prevented by Mussolini

Question 4

February 1935

Answer 4

Hitler announced he had a German Air Force

Question 5

June 1935

Answer 5

Britain and Germany signed an agreement that allowed Germany increase its navy by 35% of the size of Britain’s- broke TOV

Question 6

March 1936

Answer 6

Germany sent troops into the demilitarised zone of the Rhineland

Question 7

1936

Answer 7

Hitler announced German conscription to build up German army of 750,000

Question 8

November 1936/37

Answer 8

1. Japan signed anti-Comintern pact- prevents the spread of communism
2. Italy a year later

Question 9

March 1938

Answer 9

Anchluss with Austria

Question 10

September 1938

Answer 10

Munich crisis: Hitler was given the Sudetenland in return he was not to invade Czechoslovakia

Question 11

March 1939

Answer 11

Hitler took the rest of Czechilsovakia- definitive end of appeasement

Question 12

May 1939

Answer 12

Pact of steel: military alliance between Germany and Italy

Question 13

August 1939

Answer 13

Nazi-Soviet pact

Question 14

1st September 1939

Answer 14

Hitter invades Poland

Question 15

3rd September 1939

Answer 15

Britain declared war on Germany