Collapse Of International Peace Flashcards
Saar Plebiscite
Originally run by League of Nations
Held a plebiscite
Voted to return to being German
Huge morale booster
Hitler’s Aims
Abolish Treaty of Versailles - November Criminals
Lebensraum - Eastern Europe
Defeat Communism
Remilitarisation of Rhineland
1936 - Hitler orders generals to pull out if they should come under resistance by the French
League condemned Hitler but was also trying to balance this with the Abysinnian Crisis
Appeasement meant Britain held off and Hitler won
Spanish Civil War
With Franco’s new uprising in Spain, Hitler used this as an excuse to test out his new Air Force
Completely bombed cities such as Guernica.
League was powerless
Anschluss with Austria
Hitler urges Austrian nazis to stir up trouble for the government.
Hitler places an ultimatum forward to Austrian Chancellor
Plebiscite held to decide Anschluss or not
Nazis move in to oversee election - 99.75% vote for Anschluss
Britain and France do nothing
For Appeasement
Unfair Treaty of Versailles
Britain is not ready for war
Poor economic situation in Britain
No support from America
Against Appeasement
Encouraged Hitler to be aggressive
Allowed German army to grow
Scared USSR
Put a lot of trust in Hitler’s promises
Sudetenland 1938
Large number of Germans on Sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia
Henlein - Nazi Leader in CS - stirred up support for German Sudetenland - Hitler prepared to fight to get it - Beneš also prepared to fight
Chamberlain flies out - Hitler offers part of SL and then wants all of it
Munich Agreement signed - didn’t consult USSR or Czechs
Czechoslovakia 1939
Hitler takes over the entire country whilst it’s in turmoil
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalin worried about German invasion
Couldn’t reach agreement with Britain or France
Stalin signed with Hitler
They wouldn’t attack each other and they would split Poland
