History - Causes of WWII Flashcards
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10 Causes for WW2
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Militarization of Rhineland Italy invades Ethiopia Formation of Rome/Berlin Axis Japan attacks China Anschluss with Austria Munich agreement Nazi-Soviet Pact Hitler invades Poland Kristallnacht
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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January 1936
-appointed by Hindenburg in hope of a stable government
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Militarization of Rhineland
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March 1936
- reoccupied (was originally against Treaty of Versailles)
- without German occupation in Rhineland, they felt vulnerable to invasion (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland)
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Italy invades Ethiopia
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May 1936
- Generals Graziani and Bagiglio
- Ethiopians - weak, ill armed, poorly trained
- Ethiopian leader - Emperor Haile Selassie - went into hiding
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Formation of Rome/Berlin Axis
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November 1936
- anti-communist treaty
- integration of military aims of Germany
- undermined Austria as Austria and Italy were allies - left Austria open to invasion from Germany with no support from Italy
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Japan attacks China
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July 1937
- 8 years
- Japanese claimed they were fired at by Chinese on Marco Polo Bridge, Beijing
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Anschluss with Austria
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March 1938
- political union between Austria and Germany
- Hitler tried to overthrow Austrian Chancellor (was murdered in havoc)
- new Chancellor signed pact = same foreign policy as Germany
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Munich Agreement
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September 1938
- reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy
- permitted German annexation of Sudetenland in Western Czechoslovakia
- Germany planned to take Czechoslovakia because 3 million Germans lived there
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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August 1939
- terms - could not attack each other, could not support a third power that may attack other party in the pact
- Germany was guaranteed that Soviet Union wouldn’t attack them
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Hitler invades Poland
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September 1939
- land/air attacks
- seeked to regain lost territory/rule Poland
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Kristallnacht
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November 1938
- aka Crystal Night, Night of the Broken Glass
- Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses, synagogues, homes
- killed 91 Jews, made them clean up mess
