Hitler's Road To War Flashcards
who was hitler?
facist leader of Nazis
Became fuhrer in august 1934
Dictated Germany for 12 years
State Hitler’s 5 aims:
- Rearmament
- Reuniting all German Speakers
- Revoke TOV
- destroy communism
- reunite Germany and Austria/Hungary
Why did the triple entente not stop Hitler?
Britain-to avoid war
France-political problems
USSR-acted as France did due to being communist
What were Britain’s reactions to Hitler’s foreign policies?
They didn’t think breaking the TOV meant war
They didn’t want to start WWII
Winston Churchill saw hitler as an aggressor
What were France’s reactions to Hitler’s foreign policies?
they would only act on Hitler with Britain’s help
They had government issues due to appeasement of Mussolini
What was the USSR’s reaction to Hitler’s foreign policies?
Stalin was intimidated by Hitler
They signed a mutual assistance pact with france in 1935
What was the Dolfuss Affair?
Dolfuss was the leader of Austria in 1932
He banned Nazis and was allied with Mussolini
Hitler ordered him to be killed
Dolfuss was killed in 1934
What happened to the Saar Region after 15 years of the ToV?
Plebiscite was held in 1935
Hitler won 90% of votes
Saarland returned to Germany
What was the German Rearmament status in 1935?
After Hitler left the LoN in 1933 he began secretly building an army
In 1935 he had a “freedom to rearm rally” where he showed off his army
He reintroduced conscription and airforce
It was a threat to other countries
What happened on the Stresa Front?
Locarno treaty was guaranteed by Britain, France and Italy
It did not work
Italy gained confidence to attack Abyssinia
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
There was no resistance
Happened on March 7th 1936
What were the steps to regaining Anschluss?
Schuschnigg replaced Dolfuss-1934
Hitler wanted to get rid of him but police wouldn’t allow it
Plebiscite was held but Hitler postponed it
Schuschnigg was forced to resign
Seyss was made leader and declared national state of emergency-1938
Hitler invaded Austria and won vote by 99%
What was the anti-comintern pact 25 Nov 1936?
Germany and Japan
Against Soviet Union
What was the Sudetenland Crisis?
Hitler demanded he wanted Sudetenland by 1 October 1938 and insisted that Hungary and Poland received Czech land.-22 September
10 October-Hitler invaded Sudetenland
What was the Munich Agreement?
Germany, Italy, Britain and France accepted Germany’s invasion of the Sudetenland.
This made Russia a weakened ally of France and Britain.
