History (interwar)

Question 1

What is the punishment for Germany?

Answer 1

BLAM
Blame: Germany is guilty of the war
Land: Germany lose Alsace-Lorraine to France, Polish corridor to Poland and Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia.
Army loss: 100k soldiers, no tank, plane and submarines
Money: reparation 6.6bn pounds

Question 2

Why Germany is affected in the wall street crash?

Answer 2

Germany had borrowed heavily from USA, and now because of the wall street crash the USA banks called in their loans.

Question 3

What are Hitler’s foreign policy?

Answer 3

-Lebensraum: more living space, get lands from the eastern Europe
-Anschluss: unite all German speaking people, The treaty of Versailles forbids them to allice with Austria.
-Reverse The treaty of Versailles: Hitler and many Germans hated the treaty of Versailles, bring back lost land and to make him even more popular.
-Rearming Germany: (forbid by the Treaty)

Question 4

List the main events from 1935-1939.

Answer 4

1935: Began openly rearming
1936: reoccupied Rhineland
1938: unified with Austria (Anschluss)
1938: took back Sudetenland
1939 took the rest of Czechoslovakia
1939:signed Nazi-soviet pact and invade Poland

Question 5

Why didn’t France and Britain take action to Germany breaking the treaty?

Answer 5

They wanted to avoid war, because they are not ready for the war, France is broke and they have a election soon, starting a war will be unpopular. Britain don’t think it is a threat. both of the countries are distracted by Italy’s invasion.