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What did Germany sign at the end of ww1?

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An armistice

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When was the Paris peace conference?

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January 1919

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What did Clemenceau want?

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Reperations, revenge, push border back and weaken Germany

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What did Lloyd George want?

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Trade, buffer for communism, colonies and naval supremacy

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What did Wilson want?

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Fair peace, 14 points, self determination and freedom of the seas

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When was the Treat o Versailles signed?

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June 1919

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What was the treat of Versailles?

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A diktat

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What was article 231?

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War guilt clause

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What was article 232?

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£6.6 million reparations

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What was forbidden in the treat of Versailles?

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Anschluss

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What was taken from Germany during the treat of Versailles?

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Danzig and the Saar

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How was Germany split after treaty of Versailles?

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Split by the polish corridor

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What did the Treaty of versailles ban?

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Conscription

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What happened to Germany’s colonies?

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Given to League of Nations as mandated

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What was the german army reduced to?

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100,000

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How pleased was Clemenceau with the treat of Versailles?

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Gained Alsace-Lorraine and demilitarised Rhineland

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How pleased was Lloyd George with the treaty of Versailles?

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Naval supremacy and gained colonies but lost trade with Germany

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How pleased was Wilson with the treaty of Versailles?

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Creation of League of Nations but his 14 points were ignored

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What made the treaty of Versailles difficult?

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Many countries had no stable governments and anti german propaganda made for little mercy

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What happened to Wilson after the treaty of Versailles?

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He wanted to join but the US senate passed a policy of isolationism

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What happened to Lloyd George after treaty of Versailles was signed?

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Hailed as a hero

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What happened to Clemenceau after the treaty of Versailles was signed?

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He was voted out

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What happened to the german kaiser?

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Forced to abdicate

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What did Germans think of the government who signed the treaty of Versailles?

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They were ‘November Criminals’

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What was the Ruhr Crisis?
Hyperinflation (printed off more banknotes to pay France after failing to pay reparations)
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How much land did Germany lose?
13%
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How many Germans were no longer living in Germany?
6 million
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What was the treaty of Sérves?
Turkey lost nearly all its land in Europe
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What happened after Turkish rebelled against the league?
The treat was changed to the Treat of Lausanne
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What were problems caused by the creation on Poland?
It could not be sensed as if had no natural borders
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What were the strengths of the treaty of Versailles?
Reparations to rebuild and Poland and Czechoslovakia gained independence
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What were the weaknesses of the treaty of Versailles?
Austria/Hungarian economies collapsed and Poland was weakened
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What did the League of Nations intend to do?
Encourage disarmament, improve living and working conditions and tackle diseases
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Which countries formed the council?
Britain, France, Italy and japan
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How did the League of Nations deal with aggression?
Mitigation, moral condemnation, economic sanctions and military force
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What is the health organisation?
They sent doctors to Turkish refugee camps
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What is the international labour organisation?
Most members refused to stop under 14’s from working
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What is the economic and finically committee?
Sent advisors to Hungary and Austria to rebuild economies
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What happened with the Aaland islands?
Finland was given the islands but could not build forts (Sweden was happy with the agreement)
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When did the Aaland islands happen?
1921
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What happened in Upper Silesia?
60% voted in favour of Germany but Poland claimed it was fixed. Poland gained industrial areas but hand 1/3 land for 1/2 population
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When did upper silesia happen?
1921-25
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What happened in Corfu?
Italian men killed on in Greece. Mussolini demanded compensation and invaded. Greece were forced to pay and apologise
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When did Corfu happen?
1923
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What was the Locarno Treaty in 1925?
France and Germany agreed to work together peacefully
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When did the Manchuria crisis happen?
1932
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Why did japan invade manchuria?
Japan’s main export was a luxury and Manchuria was rich in natural resources
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What happened in the Mukden Accident?
1931 - Japan blames China for an explosion on the railway
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What happened in the Manchuria crisis?
Japanese army invaded and China appealed to the League, the league condemned but it was too far away to act
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What happened either eh Lytton report?
Sent Lytton to write a report but it took too long and japan had already invaded
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When did the Abyssinian crisis happen?
1935
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Why did Mussolini want to invade Abyssinia?
Rebuild Roman Empire, it was rich in natural resources and revenge
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What happened in December 1934 with Abyssinia?
Italian troops clashed with soldiers at Wal Wal
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How many Abyssinian soldiers were killed at Wal Wal?
150
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What happened in January 1935 with Abyssinia?
Pierre laval made an agreement to not interfere with Abyssinia with Italy
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What happened in June 1935 with Abyssinia?
Haile selassie addressed the league
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What happens in October 1935 with Abyssinia?
Italian troops invaded and the league condemned them. Mussolini was no dazed and even used chemical weapons
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What happened in May 1935 with Abyssinia?
Italian troops invaded the capital and Italy left the League
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What pact did France /Britain sign with Italy in 1935?
The Hoare laval pact
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How did the League fail in Abyssinia?
Failed to close the Suez Canal, failed to ban coal, oil and steal and banned the cakes of arms to Abyssinia
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When did Hitler come into power?
1933
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What did the depression bring?
Unemployment, homelessness and starvation
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When was the Leagues Disarmament Conference?
1933
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What were Hitlers aims?
Lebensraum, overturn the treaty, volksdeuschte, Anschluss, destroy communism and rearmament
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Why did Britain and France let Hitler get away with so much?
They needed time to rearm, could not afford to go to war and Butler was a valuable ally against communism
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What happened at the disarmament conference?
Hitler would disarm if everyone else did or to the same level as France
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What happened as a result of the disarmament conference?
Germany left the League of Nations
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When did Hitler regain the Saar?
1935
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What happened with the Saar?
90% voted in favour of Germany
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What happened with rearmament?
Reintroduced conscription and Luftwaffe
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When did Hitler rearm?
1935
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When did Hitler invade the Rhineland?
1936
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How did Hitler invade the Rhineland?
Hitler used the Franco-Soviet pact to claim german people were under attack
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What was the Rhineland considered to be?
Hitler ‘marching into his own back garden’
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What did Germany sign with Italy?
Rome-Berlin axis
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What did Germany sign with japan?
Anti-Comintern pact
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When was Anschluss?
1938
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When was Dolfuss murdered?
1934
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Why did Hitler back down in 1934?
Italian troops moved to Austrian border
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What did Schuschnigg discover?
Plan to get rid of him so
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How did schuschnigg respond?
He imprisoned the Nazis but felt vulnerable and so gave Hitler valuable positions in the government
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Why was Seyss-inquart important?
He was appointed as minister of Austria and had full power over the police. He turned a blind eye to nazi attacks
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What did schuschnigg try to do?
Hold a plebiscite but schuschnigg resigned
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What did Seyss-inquart claim?
Austria was in a state of chaos
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Why was the Austrian plebiscite heavily policed?
So that 99% would vote in favour
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When was the Sudetenland?
1938
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Why was the Sudetenland important?
It was Czechoslovakias main defence
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When did chamberlain meet with Hitler?
1938 to appease him
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What did Chamberlain and Hitler agree on?
He could take the Sudetenland as long as he remained peaceful
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Where were hitlers demands about Czechoslovakia?
Bad Gosberg
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What did Hitler change his demands to?
Hungary and Poland to be given land
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What happened at the Munich conference?
Britain, France, Italy and Germany accepted hitlers demands
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Why was the Munich conference important?
The USSR was not consulted and lost trust in Britain and France
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When was the nazi soviet pact signed?
1939
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When did Hitler invade Poland?
September 1st 1939
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When did the war start?
September 3rd 1939 after Hitler ignores the ultimatum

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