Chapter 17 - Hitler's Foreign Policy and the Outbreak of WW2

Question 1

What was Hitler’s foreign policy?

Answer 1

• TOV destroyed
• All German-speakers united
• Lebensraum (take over lesser breed countries)

Question 2

How did Hitler dismantle the TOV?

Answer 2

• Rearmed Germany from 100,000 to 550,000

- Sent troops into Rhineland (gamble)

Question 3

What was the Maginot line?

Answer 3

A large defensive fortification built by France along the French/German border.

Question 4

What was appeasement?

Answer 4

The policy of keeping Hitler happy to avoid another war

Question 5

What was the Anschluss?

Answer 5

The name given by Hitler to the unification of Germany and Austria in 1938. This was forbidden but the TOV

Question 6

What was the Sudetenland?

Answer 6

Hitler’s next target after the Anschluss as over 3 million Germans lived there. Hitler encouraged the Germans there to demand a union with Germany, but Czechoslovakia resisted.

Question 7

What was the Munich Agreement?

Answer 7

An agreement that said Hitler could have the Sudetenland, once it was his last demand. Czechoslovakia were not invited.

Question 8

Why did appeasement end?

Answer 8

• Hitler broke Munich agreement & invaded Prague

- Non-German-speaking country (Lebensraum)

Question 9

Why did Hitler want to invade Poland?

Answer 9

• German minority

- Polish Corridor: Danzig - 1/2 million Germans

Question 10

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 10

A ten-year non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. They also agreed to divide Poland between them.

Question 11

Why did WW2 begin?

Answer 11

• On September 1st 1939, Germany invaded Poland
• Britain and France gave them 2 days to evacuate
• 2 days later they had no reply & declared war on Germany