Collapse Of International Peace By 1939

Question 1

Hitlers aggressive foreign policy

Answer 1

Anschluss
Saar plebiscite
Remilitarisation of whineland
Anglo-German naval agreement
Non-agression pact

Question 2

Failure of disarmament conference

Answer 2

Hitler had no intention of disarming
Countries bordering Germany were scared of disarming inc ass of revenge
Japan left league over Manchuria
Britain feared they’d have to defend empire

Question 3

First Anschluss attempt

Answer 3

Unite German speakers
Hitler prevented to enter Austria so troops sent to border
Ordered Austrian Nazi’s to cause havoc, Dolfuss (chancellor) assassinated
Mussolini stopped invasion due to pact with Austria, placed troops on border too

Question 4

Saar plebiscite

Answer 4

After 15 years the vote for who got the Saar
Legal vote
90% of population were German so they won the Saar back
Righting wrong of treaty

Question 5

Anglo-German naval agreement

Answer 5

Germany allowed to rearm navy to a third of the size of the British
Angered France as they didn’t get a say
No submarines allowed

Question 6

Non-aggression pact

Answer 6

Poland and Germany
10 year pact guaranteeing borders of Poland
Signs of peaceful aims from Hitler
Broke years later with invasion of Poland

Question 7

Spanish civil war

Answer 7

Germany supported Franco
Could test out weapons and the newly formed Luftwaffe = confidence
Rome-Berlin Axis (Italy)
Countries intimidated began rearming (appeasement)

Question 8

Actual Anschluss

Answer 8

Alliance with Italy (Rome Berlin) meant they wouldn’t stop him this time
Demanded Schuschnigg to agree to Anschluss
He called a plebiscite but Hitler put nazis in charge of it
They used intimidation and designed voting slips to encourage people to vote for. (99% voted for)
Gained resources troops land and United speakers

Question 9

Munich agreement/Sudetenland

Answer 9

Czech government not invited (embarrassed and angered)
Hitler threatened war (claimed Germans being mistreated)
Gateway to rest of Czechoslovakia yet Hitler ‘promised’ he didn’t want the rest
Policy of appeasement Britain and France. Hitler gained confidence
Lebensraum and greater Germany

Question 10

Policy of appeasement good (Chamberlain)

Answer 10

Gained time to rearm between 1938 and 39 army divisions grew from 5 to 50
Britain still suffering from depression (economically unstable) money needed elsewhere
Focussed in rebuilding empire
Hitler standing up to communism (some reasonable aims)

Question 11

Policy of appeasement bad (Churchill)

Answer 11

Time for Germany to rearm too
Relied on Germany keeping promises which they didn’t
Hitler got more and more confident and took greater risks
USSR lost faith in Br and Fr so signed non-aggression pact with Germany

Question 12

Remilitarisation of Rhineland

Answer 12

Risk as Hitler had small army and would lose if Britain and France acted
Britain couldn’t afford to as already lost a million men in WW1 and didn’t trust France to help
France lost 2 million troops in WW1 and saw remilitarisation as a huge threat but didn’t want to lose more troops.
Economies and governments distracted by Abyssinian crisis

Question 13

Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Answer 13

Broke promise at Munich
Beyond righting rights of wrongs of treaty
Czechoslovakia was on route to Poland
Britain and France didn’t help but signed a pact with Poland
Hitler withdrew non aggression pact and Anglo naval agreement
End of appeasement

Question 14

Nazi Soviet pact

Answer 14

Meant to last 10 years 
Britain and France were too far to help immediately so needed help from Russia, Stalin didn’t trust them as they hadn’t wanted an agreement earlier + appeasement + felt they were directing Hitler to communism purposefully
Avoided a war on two fronts
Gained time for Stalin to rearm
Actively opposed each other so a shock

Question 15

Invasion of Poland

Answer 15

Hitler wanted to reclaim lost territory (Danzig) for greater Germany
Reaction to polish aggression
Lebensraum
Outbreak of WW2