Chapter 7, the development of tension Flashcards
mnemonic for hitlers foreign policy aims
LOUDER
the L in LOUDER
Lebensraum
what is lebensraum
living space. an imperialistic idea of occupying Eastern Europe
O in LOUDER
overturn versailles
U in LOUDER
Unite German speaking people
this was called volksdeutsche
what is volksdeutsche
uniting German speaking people
what is DE in LOUDER
destroy communism
what is R in LOUDER
rearmemant
what does LOUDER stand for
- Lebensraum
- overturn versailles
- unite German speaking peoples (volksdeutsche)
- destroy communism
- rearmament
how did Britain and France react to hitler breaking the treaty of versailles
they let him, despite it being international law
why did France and Britain let hitler break the treaty of versailles
- needed time to rearm
- people thought it was reasonable due to the treaties harshness
- hitler would be a valuable ally against communism
- governments couldn’t afford to go to war because of the depression
- didn’t want a repeat of ww1
- they were beginning the policy of appeasement
USSR reaction to hitlers foreign policy
worried hed destroy communism so he signed a mutual assistance treaty with france to protect the ussr
this was the franco soviet pact
what happened at the leagues disarmament conference
hitler said hed disarm if everyone else did and if not then to the same degree as france
france refused and hitler stormed out while pulling Germany out of the league
what was thw dollfuss affair
englebert dollfuss was scared of anschluss so he banned the nazi party in Austria
hitler proceeded to cause havoc in Austria and kill dollfuss
what happened at the saar plebiscite
After being taken up by the league for 15 years under the treaty of versailles, the people of the saar voted on whether Germany or France should control the area
Germany won by 90%
