Germany Theme 5: Hitelrs Role In Shaping Foreign Policy- MP Or Oppor

Question 1

When was the disarmament conference?

Answer 1

1933

Question 2

What was the Disarmament conference?

Answer 2

• for reductions and limitation of armaments
• challenged TOV as Hitler wanted bigger army

Question 3

Did the Disarmament conference show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 3

• master planner
• didn’t want to agree with rules if TOV
• thinking of war

Question 4

When was the Pact with Poland?

Answer 4

1934

Question 5

What was the pact with Poland?

Answer 5

• German-Polish declaration of non-aggression
• Hitler agreed to not invade Poland for 10 years
• both countries pledged to resolve problems

Question 6

Does the Pact with Poland show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 6

• opportunist
• showed he wanted peace for 10 years
• went against ideas of lebensraum

Question 7

When was the plebiscite in the Saar?

Answer 7

1935

Question 8

When was the Plebiscite in the Saar?

Answer 8

1935

Question 9

What was the Plebiscite in the Saar?

Answer 9

• referendum on territorial status held in the Saar
• 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany

Question 10

Does the plebiscite in the Saar show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 10

• master planner
• Saar region taken away from Germany from TOV
• used propaganda to get votes- legal way

Question 11

When was the Anglo-German naval agreement?

Answer 11

1935

Question 12

What was the Anglo-German naval agreement?

Answer 12

• agreement between UK and Germany
• regulated German navy in relation to Royal Navy

Question 13

Did the Anglo-German agreement show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 13

• opportunist- ribentops idea that Hitler took advantage of
• mp- Hitler wanted to break up Britain France Italy

Question 14

What was the Germans occupying the Rhineland?

Answer 14

• Hitler reoccupied Rhineland
• demilitarised zone according to TOV

Question 15

When was the Rome- Berlin Axis?

Answer 15

1936

Question 16

What was the Rome-Berlin axis?

Answer 16

• coalition between Italy and Germany
• went against Nazi party advice

Question 17

Did the Roman-Berlin axis show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 17

• opportunist
• leaders wanted him to invade from Lebensraum but couldn’t from deal
• People thought Lebensraum wasn’t priority

Question 18

When was Anschluss?

Answer 18

1938

Question 19

What was Anschluss?

Answer 19

• uniting of Germany and Austria into greater Germany
• idea prohibited by TOV

Question 20

Does Anschluss show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 20

• opportunist
• role of Goring- issued army order to invade Austria
• Goring driving foreign policy

Question 21

When was the Sudetenland Crisis?

Answer 21

1938-9

Question 22

What was the Sudeten Crisis?

Answer 22

• meeting between Germany, France, UK, Italy
• willing to give back Sudeten land to Hitler as long as he respected Czechoslovak borders
• Hitler ignored and invaded March 1939

Question 23

Did the Sudeten crisis show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 23

• master planner
• showed Hitler ignoring pacts

Question 24

When was the Italio-Soviet pact signed?

Answer 24

1939

Question 25

What was the Pact with the USSR and Italy?

Answer 25

• non-aggression pact
• Italy and Russia

Question 26

Did the Italio-Soviet pact show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 26

• Master Planner
• Pact of steel- May- committed both sides to economic ties and mutual military
• didn’t have to worry about attack on east-doesn’t want war on two front lines
• both agreed to take half of Poland- gave confidence to invade

Question 27

When did Germany invade Poland?

Answer 27

1939

Question 28

Did the invasion of Poland show Hitler as MP or O?

Answer 28

• Master planner
• alliance with Red Army- kept safe from east
• Britain supposed to support Poland