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hitlers foreign policies Flashcards

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There were three main aims in his foreign policy:

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  • revise treaty of versailles (rearm and recover lost land)
  • unite all german people into one Reich
  • expand the living space (Lebensraum) for German people
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when did Britain and Germany sign the naval agreement

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june 1935

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what was the naval agreement

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Germany could rearm its navy as long as it was smaller than 35% of Britains navy

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what did the anglo-german agreement cause between France and Britain

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caused tensions because the last thing that France wanted was for Germany to start rearming, and Britain was acting selfishly so that they could control germany

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when does the disarmament conference start

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1932

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disarmament conference is also called

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geneva conference

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7
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main aims of geneva conference (3)

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  • stop use of civillian bombing
  • ban the use of chemical gases
  • reduce the size of armies to prevent an arms race that could destabilize international peace.
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do the ams at the geneva conference succeed

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no. they’re rejected

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9
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what did Germany want the other countries that were part of the conference to do

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disarm to their level

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what happens in 1932 with germany at the disarmament conference

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when the other countries refuse to disarm, Germany leaves

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11
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when does Germany permanently leave the conference and LON

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1933

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12
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when does the conference end and how/what outcome

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1934 with the countries rebuilding their armaments

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13
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when did japan invade manchuria

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1931

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14
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when did Hitler rearm the rhineland

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1936

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when was the abbysinia crisis

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1935

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16
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how did britain react to germany rearming the rhineland

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Britain did not do anything also because they were busy trying to deal with the abbysinia crisis. They were also trying a method of appeasement because they wanted to avoid war with Germany

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17
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how did the league of nations react to the manchuria crisis

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it took the over a year to decide what to do and condemn japan but by then japan was already in control of the region

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when did Japan leave the LON

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1933

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why was the LON not able to impose economical sanctions on Japan after manchuria crisis

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because Japans main trading partner was the USA ( not part of the LON)

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how did the outcome of manchuria crisis show the LON to be weak

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showed nations they could act aggresively without consequences and LON wouldn’t really do anything

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21
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what happened in 1935 (italy)

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abbysinia crisis

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22
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what happened in abbysinia in 1935

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conflict between ethiopian & italian troops lead to Mussolini invading abbysinia

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how did the LON react to the invasion of abbysinia

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Britain wanted to continue its method of appeasement but ended up placing a ban on trade weapons to italy and france is scared of war but also agrees with the ban

  • the USSR encourgaes lon to take action
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why did the lack of action from the LON make germany feel like they could do whatever they wanted once they remilitarized the rhineland

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because hitler had taken a huge risk in remilitarising the rhineland as he had broken the treaty of versailles as well as the locarno pact and so France and Britain would have been entitled to enter germany and stop him, but as they didn’t he saw it as an opportunity to keep expanding

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what did the LON do about italy and abbysinia

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  • placed sanctions on Italy banning sales of weapons and metals
  • it did not ban sales of oil and coal OR close the suez canal so italy could still continue its invasion
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26
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when did italy leave the LON

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1937

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27
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main reason LON wasn’t able to impose strong sanctions on Italy

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france was hesitant to antagonise Italy after the remilitarisation of the rhineland and they were distracted by that so weren’t focusing on abbysinia

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rhineland events summary

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in 1936 Hitler took a big risk in remilitarising the rhineland, he had broken the locarno treaties meaning France and britain could have invaded him if needed

he was able to have a force of 20,000 which was quite weak but France and Britain didn’t know this

F & B were also worried about Abbysinia so left germany alone

next time HItler would take a bigger risk

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29
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when did the spanish civil war break out

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1936

30
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summary of events in spain

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a civil war between republicans and right wing nationalists under general franco’s rule broke out in 1936

31
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who was general franco and did he have support

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he was a fascist right wing general with support of right wing rebels in the army

32
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what did Britain and france do in response to spanish civil war

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led a non intervention comitee saying that countries were not to get involved

33
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what did hitler and Mussolini do about the spanish civil war

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they sent troops to fight on general Franco’s side because they wanted to help in what they saw an international fight against communism

34
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what were the international brigades

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volounteers from different countries that travelled to spain during civil war to help fight on both sides

35
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what is the anti-comintern pact

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an anti communist alliance between germany and japan

36
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when was the anticomintern pact signed

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1936

37
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what was the rome berlin axis

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political and military alliance between Italy and Germany

38
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when was rome berlin axis formed

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1936

39
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what did britain promise Belgium and France after 1936 if they were invaded

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military support

40
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when and how did Japan join the axis alliance

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in 1937, through the anti.comintern pact

41
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when did italy join the anti-comintern pact

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1937

42
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aim of azis alliance

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was explicitly a military alliance aimed at territorial expansion and global dominance during World War II.

It had shared goals of defeating the Allies

43
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in march 1938, Hitler was very focused on a specific aim, which one

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anchsluss

44
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what did the TOV state about Germany and Austria

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they couldn’t be unified

45
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Austria shared a border with

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sudetenland ( Czechoslovakia)

46
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what was sudetenland

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largely german speaking part of Czechoslovakia that bordered with Austria

47
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what ultimatum did Hitler give in 1938

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that he would invade Czechoslovakia in october

48
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by 1938, what had France and Briatin agreed with czechoslovakia

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that they would protect it

( by the ultimatum britain had already prepared its navy)

49
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how did they try and prevent war in 1938

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through the munich agreement

50
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Munich agreement was attended by

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Italy, Germany, France, Britain

51
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who was not invited to munich agreement

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Czechoslovakia and USSR

52
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Was the munich agreement a controversial event that might have led to outbreak of the war

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yes

53
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what was decided at the munich conference

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munich greement which stated that Hitler ould invade the Sudetenland and it would become a part of Germany but Germany needed to leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone

54
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munich agreement is seen as the

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biggest example of appeasement

55
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when was Czechoslovakia told about the munich agreement and why did they give in

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after it happened and they couldn’t fight Germany alone so surrendered Sudetenland

56
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why did Hitler want the sudetenland

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3 million ethnic Germans lived there and he wanted them all to live under his Reich

57
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what did germany do after the munich conference

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invaded rest of Czechoslovakia and then poland which started ww2

58
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when did hitler breask the munich agreement

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1939

59
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how did France and Britain realise that hitler would stop at nothing and appeasement wouldn’t work

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when Hitler broke the munich agreement in 1939 and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia, they realised he would not stop his plans to expand Germany

60
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how did Britain and France protect poland and how did it start WW2

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They told hitler if he invaded poland tey would go to war but because of the amount of appeasement then Hitler didn’t believe them so he did it anyway and so war started

61
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when did ww2 start

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1939

62
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when was the nazi/societ non agression pact signed

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august 1939

63
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what was the nazi-soviet non agression pact

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Stalin was terrified of Hitler’s Germany but he had lost hope that Britain and France would protect him so he signed a non agression pact with germany

64
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why were france & britain shocked about the nazi-soviet non aggression pact

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because soviets were communists and hitler hated communists

65
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how did the nazi soviet non agression pact benefit hitler

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because it allowed him to invade east poland and get the danzig corridor which would connect the east germans with the others

66
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what did hitler and Stalin secretly agree on

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to split poland between then

67
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what does stalin do in the 1930s

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goes on a purge and kills soldiers from the red army because he sees them as a threat but this meant he didn’t have an efficient or big army and needed the protection from hitler even though he knew that at one point hitler would betray him ( he needed time to rebuild his army)

68
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why does Hitler want the danzig corridor in poland

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to connect the 2 parts of germany he has ( living space) ( one reich)

69
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steps that lead to the war (5)

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  • nazi soviet agreement is formed in 1939 which is huge shock
  • Germany invaded poland in september
  • britain and france declare war on germany 2 days later
  • USSR invades poland for its half on 17th september
  • war broke out
70
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why did Stalin form the union with Hitler

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because france and britain had isolated them because they were communist and had not made them feel safe

71
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why did Hitler want an ‘alliance’ with Stalin

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because his plan was to invadethe west (france) but the USSR was in alliance with frnace and so as those countries were around germany, Hitler would be surrounded so if hitler formed alliance with USSR, he could invade france, and then societ union as they wouldn’t protect each other

72
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when was munich conference

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september 1938

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