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1
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what economic causes can be interpreted to have caused WW2?

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Great Depression, helped rise of extremism and Nazis

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how did other countries foreign policy lead to war?

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appeasement, fear of communism, US isolationism, Italian and Japanese foreign policy

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why can it be argued the TOV was a cause of WW2?

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fed German resentment, created unstable international situation- small states etc, other nations more tolerant of German expansionism

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what aspects of Nazi foreign policy led to war?

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expansionism, racial purity, ideology

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what are intentionalist historians?

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believe what Hitler and Nazis wanted drove whether war broke out, Hitler had masterplan

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what are structuralist historians?

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outside influences were as significant if not more so than Nazi foreign policy in outbreak of war

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how did Aryan racial theory drive foreign policy?

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believed Germans superior, should take over land in east from subhumans, pan-Germanism, unite Germans, favour alliances with racially superior countries

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what is pan-Germanism?

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idea that all German speaking peoples should be united and live in one country

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when was the First Reich?

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Holy Roman Empire, 800 to 1806

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who founded the Second Reich, when?

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Bismarck, 1871

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how was Hitler influenced by the 2 Reichs?

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gained land and kept it by war and military strength
initially used diplomatic means and alliances to gain acceptance

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how did the ending of WW1 influence German foreign policy?

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people resented defeat, believed Germany could win, so felt treaty unfair, wanted to gain back what had been taken from them

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what was included in the 25 point programme and Mein Kampf regarding foreign policy?

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racial ideas, hatred of communism and German expansionism, overturn Versailles

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what loss of German land did Germans resent and why?

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Danzig and creation of polish corridor, cut off East Prussia

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how many Germans found themselves outside of Germany due to new borders?

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6.4 million

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what agreements were made with the USSR that allowed Germany to rearm in some form?

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German armaments made on Soviet soil by soviet companies, german soldiers trained with tanks in USSR

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why did the TOV affect Nazi foreign policy?

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any party that rejected it became popular, could paint gov as weak for not overcoming it, use revision of it to attract supporters

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what did PM Lloyd George think about Versailles?

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that it was so harsh there’d be another war in 25 years

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how did guilt about Versailles influence reactions to Nazi foreign policy?

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more lenient, felt what Germany was invading was theirs they were only taking it back, no tough responses, appeasement

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how did the Anglo German naval agreement break versailles?

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Nazi gov set naval sizes for both countries that broke Versailles limitations on German navy

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what were the 4 main ideologies behind Hitler’s foreign policy?

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TOV had to be overturned
Nazi 3rd Reich powerful + large world power
Lebensraum
Europe under threat from Jewry and Bolshevism

22
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how did Hitlers ideology that versailles had to be overturned influence foreign policy?

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Germany needed to rearm take back land, reoccupy Rhineland, stop reparations, wanted expansionist Germany

23
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how did Hitlers belief in a German empire influence his foreign policy?

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expansionism, alliances and war to achieve, ethnic alliances

24
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how did belief in lebensraum influence foreign policy?

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take more living space for people and economy, raw materials, Slavic people subhuman, german speaking populations already there, pan Germanism

25
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how did a hatred of Jews and Communists influence foreign policy?

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solidified need for Lebensraum, go to war with Eastern Europe, take land and defeat communism,

26
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how was the Polish non-aggression pact planned?

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cut France off from its Eastern European allies, Poland land that could be part of eastern expansion

27
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what were the main features of Nazi foreign policy?

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overturning Versailles, strategic alliances, expansion, Germanisation

28
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how could keeping foreign ministry officials in their posts show Hitler had a masterplan, or didnt?

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did not interfere or impose a plan
long-term planning - continuity seemed more moderate

29
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how did the Four year plan show Hitler had a plan?

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economy geared up for war, rearmaments and militarisation through creating war materials

30
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what promise did Hitler make at the Munich conference to ‘stop’ war over Czechoslovakia?

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agreed Germany’s territorial expansion would stop with the Sudetenland

31
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how many germans were given to Poland under Versailles?

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800,000

32
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why did hitler sign the poland non agression pact in 1934?

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make him secure in Germany and build up army, USSR biggest threat, ensured Poland could not join USSR

33
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what did the pact of steel with Italy do?

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committed both sides to close economic ties and mutual military aid, italy support in war

34
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why did the Nazis and USSR make a pact?

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secret clause to divide and share poland, long term planning, no real trust

35
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when did Germany leave LoN and disarmament conference?

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Oct 1933

36
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when was the Germany and Poland non-aggression pact?

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Jan 1934

37
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when was conscription introduced?

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march 1935

38
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when was the anglo-german naval agreement?

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june 1935

39
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when was the rhineland remilitarised?

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march 1936

40
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when was the spanish civil war?

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1936-38

41
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when was the Hossbach memorandum?

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nov 1937

42
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when was the Blomberg-Fritsch affair?

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1938

43
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when was Anschluss?

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march 1938

44
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when was the munich conference?

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sept 1938

45
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when was the invasion of Czechoslovakia?

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march 1939

46
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when was the nazi soviet pact?

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aug 1939

47
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when did Germany invade poland?

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sept 1939

48
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when was operation Barbarossa?

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June 1941

49
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how did ideological divides in europe cause ww2?

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fear of communism stopped alliances with USSR, could have stopped Nazis earlier, allowed Nazis to have no real opposition

50
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what is collective security?

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cooperation between countries to settle disputes without resorting to war and help each other if attacked

51
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why was the League of Nations weak?

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not all countries members so didnt have to follow rules, slow to make decisions, economic sanctions not accepted, did not have own army could not effectively enforce punishments,

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