Causes Of WWII - Key Dates Flashcards
Hitler comes to power in Germany and begins to rearm the country - Causes of WW2
30th January 1933
The Dollfuss Affair - Causes of WW2
1934
The Saar Plebiscite - Causes of WW2
January 1935
The remilitarisation of the Rhineland - Causes of WW2
7th March 1936
Plebiscite for Anschluss announced - Causes of WW2
9th March 1938
Anschluss result revealed - Causes of WW2
10th April 1938
Hitler made his plans for taking the Sudetenland clear - Causes of WW2
May 1938
Chamberlain meets with Hitler - Causes of WW2
15th September 1938
The Munich Agreement is signed - Causes of WW2
29th September 1938
German troops enter the Sudetenland - Causes of WW2
1st October 1938
Hitler begins to take all of Czechoslovakia - Causes of WW2
15th March 1939
The Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed - Causes of WW2
23rd August 1939
BRI FRA tell CSV plans to give parts of the Sudetenland to Germany - Causes of WW2
19th September 1938
Hitler increases his demands to the entire Sudetenland - Causes of WW2
22nd September 1938
The Invasion of Poland begins - Causes of WW2 - Causes of WW2
1st September 1939
World War 2 begins - Causes of WW2
3rd September 1939
What was Hitler’s policy of providing space for German speaking peoples? - Causes of WW2
LEBENSRAUM
When did Hitler host the first Nuremberg Rally? - Causes of WW2
1935
What was the Nuremberg rally? - Causes of WW2
A rally which displayed Germany’s strength in armed forces
When did Hitler reintroduce conscription + what did this overturn? - Causes of WW2
1936
Overturned a section of the Treaty of Versailles
How did Hitler’s introduction of Conscription solve unemployment? - Causes of WW2
Thousands of unemployed workers were drafted into the army
How did Britain help to dismantle the ToV in 1935? - Causes of WW2
Agreed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement which allowed Germany to build its navy to 35% of the size of Britain’s
What happened in the Dollfuss Affair of 1934? - Causes of WW2
Dollfuss banned the Nazis in Austria (concerned about potential Anschluss)
Hitler ordered Austrian Nazis to cause trouble, and in doing so murdered Dollfuss. Austrian army supported the govt. Hitler’s plan failed
How did the Nazis influence the 1935 Saar plebiscite? - Causes of WW2
Nazis stirred up trouble and intimidated voters to ensure that a return to German control was confirmed
Which major event distracted nations from Hitler’s remilitarisation of the Rhineland? - Causes of WW2
The Abyssinian Crisis
Who did Hitler pressure into organising a plebiscite in 1938? - Causes of WW2
Schuschnigg, the Chancellor of Austria
What percentage of Austria voted for Anschluss under Nazi view? - Causes of WW2
99.75%
Why did Britain and Neville Chamberlain follow appeasement until 1939? (4) - Causes of WW2
Hitler was standing up to communism which was led by Stalin. The USA’s army wouldn’t support Britain in the event of any war. Saw the ToV as unfair and damaging to Germany. Economic issues meant Britain would struggle to fund a war
Horrors of WW1 were to be avoided at all costs
British Empire was not supportive of a war against Germany
Who was Edvard Beneš? - Causes of WW2
The President of CSV, who was not consulted about the returning of the Sudetenland to Germany
Who was Arthur Seyss-Inquart? - Causes of WW2
He was made chancellor of Austria by Hitler following the Anschluss of March 1938, and Austria subsequently a Nazi satellite state
How did the Nazis message towards women change after 1939?
-work; any childless women between 17-45 were forced into factory work
