Hitlers Forgein Policy Flashcards
Hitler signs 10-year non aggression pact with Poland
Jan 1934
Mussolini prevents Anschluss
July 1934
Saar returned to G
Jan 1935
Stresa front formed
April 1935
Anglo German naval agreement
June 1935
Mussolini invades Abyssinia
Oct 1935
Rhineland demilitarised
March 1936
Rome-Berlin axis signed
Oct 1936
Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister
May 1937- policy of appeasement starts
Anschluss
Match 1938
Munich conference
Sept 1938
March 1939
Collapse of Czechoslovakia
Nazi-soviet pact
August 1939
Attack Poland an outbreak of ww2
Sept 1939
Treaty of London
Declared Belgium neutral in 1839
When was war declared by Gb wwi
3rd august
Where did G attack through in the Scheifflen plan?
Belgium
Where did France expect to be attacked from
Alsace and Lorraine
How long did G think it would take the French to surrender
6 weeks
What did A-H think it’s future depended on?
Crushing Serbia and the assassination was the perfect excuse
What did A-H sed to Serbia
10 point ultimatum
Which point did they reject
Point 6 which would have involved the Austrians influencing the justice system
When did A-H start war?
28th of July 1914
When did the Russia mobilise?
30th of July
When did G declare war on Russia?
1st of August
What ensured the spread of war from the east?
The Scheifflen plan
What group killed him?
The black hand gang
Who were The black hand?
Terrorists from all over the Balkans, who hated A-H as they were unfair on them
What was The black hands aim?
To unite all Serbs in a greater Serbia
How many policemen were there
120- he wanted to show the people that he trusted them
How long was the procession
6km
How many people were wounded by the first grenade?
20
Who killed him?
Gavrilo Princeps
Why was Gavirilo not executed?
Only 19
When was Hitler in prison
1924
What was the book he wrote called?
Mein Kampf
What does mein Kampf mean
My struggle
What was Hitler’s main aims *three
1) to make Germany a great power again
2) to unite all German speaking people
3) To gain territory for Germany in the east to provide lebensraum (living space) for the German people
How did Hitler plan on achieving his aims
Destroying the Treaty of Versailles
What was the Treaty of symbol of the German people
Germany’s defeat and disgrace
What happened when Hitler gained some power in 1932
Some fo the reparations were cancelled
How did hitler plan on furthering his aims *4
1) change the territorial settlement by regaining lands inhabited by G people, eg saar and danzig
2) bring german speaking people together
3) build up army so they could support his aims by force
4) expand into the east against communist russia
When did rearmament begin again
1933
When did g join league
1926
When was the disarment conference
1932
Why did G withdraw from the league in 1933
Becausre france refused to disarm because of its fear of G
What did H insist when he left the league
That he wanted peace and he would be prepared to disarm if other countries did to
When did conscription start in G
1935
What was his reason for starting conscription again
Frnce had increased their conscription time to 18 months from 12 months
What was Germanys only opposition
The stressa front
Who was in the stressa front
france, gb, italy
What did GB think about the treaty
Too harsh and should be changed
What did the french think of the treaty
They were afraid of G’s recovery and wanted to see it strenthened
Why did GB allow G get away with so much
Because they listend more to their promises of peace than their acts of aggresion and reversal of the treaty
Why was rearmament good for hitler
Showed he was a strong leader, who would make g great again
Why was letting G remiltarize dangerous
Because it gave hitler confidence to reverse the treaty even more
What was the consequence of G’s remilatarization
GB started to rearm
Why was french securupity not effected
Because they had slready started to build the Maginot line, a vast series of fortications on the border ir france and germany
When was the ten year non aggression pact
1934
What did the ten year non aggression pact mean
It guaranteed the boundaries of poland
Why did this pact make germany look good?
It pleased GB as it was further proof that Hitlers aims were peaceful, as iy mrsnt that G had accepted the boundaries set by the TofV
When was the saar plebicite
Jan 1935
What was the plebiscite for
To decide whether it shouldnremain under control of the league or return to G or join F
What nationality were most ofthe inhabitants
German
How many voted for it to return to G
90%
How many voted for France
2%
How many voted for it to stay under the control of LofN
8%
When was the Anglo- German naval agreement
1935
What was G’s fleet limited to
35% of the strength of GB
Why was the Anglo- German naval agreement a success for hitler
It weakened the stressa front
By 1938 how many u-boats did G have and how big was their army
47 uboats
800,000 men
2,000 aircrafts
When was the re-militarisation of the Rhineland
7th march 1936
What was re-militarisation of the Rhineland against
The TofV and the Locarno pact
When was the Locarno pact
1925
What did hitler announce after
That he had no more territorial aims in Europe and he would sign a 25 year non aggression pact
What did the league do
They condemned G but nothing was done as only russia voted to do anything
Why was nothing done
More concerned about Abyssinia and France was not willing to oppose without GB
GB felt like ‘they were moving into their back garden’
When was failed Anschluss
1934 July
How did hitler start his failed Anschluss
He encourage the Austrian nazi party to rebel and this resulted in the murder of the Austrian chancellor, Dollfuss
Who prevented hitler and how
Mussolini, by moving his troops to the frontier
Why did hitler give up
He realised he wasn’t strong enough
How many german speakers were there in Czechoslovakia and Poland
4 million
How many in Austria
7million
When was the Rhineland demilitarised
7th march 1936
When was the Saar plebiscite
Jan 1935
G withdraws from the league
1933
