How did the events of the 1930s lead to World War Two?

Question 1

What was not allowed in the Rhineland and what was this called?

Answer 1

No troops, weapons or fortifications. This is called being demilitarised.

Question 2

What connected the Saar and the League of Nations?

Answer 2

The Saar had been given to the the League of Nations for 15 years as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. This was due to expire in 1935.

Question 3

What does the word Lebensraum mean?

Answer 3

Living space for Germany.

Question 4

In what year did Hitler achieve Anschluss with Austria?

Answer 4

1938

Question 5

Where was the Rhineland and what happened to it as part of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

A strip of land which was part of Germany on the French/German border. It was demilitarised.

Question 6

When did Germany invade Poland?

Answer 6

1st September 1939.

Question 7

What does the Spanish civil war have to do with our topic?

Answer 7

One side in the Spanish Civil war were Fascists led by General Franco. Hitler and Mussolini sent troops and weapons to support him; this gave their forces a good opportunity to practice fighting.

Question 8

What was the outcome for Hitler at the League of Nations Disarmament conference in 1933?

Answer 8

Germany left the League.

Question 9

In what country would you have found the Sudetenland?

Answer 9

Czechoslovakia

Question 10

What was Dollfuss’ view of Anschluss?

Answer 10

He was opposed to it.

Question 11

In what year was the Dollfus affair?

Answer 11

1934

Question 12

In what year was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 12

1939

Question 13

Who was Joseph Stalin?

Answer 13

Dictator of the Communist USSR.

Question 14

Which countries made an agreement in the Stresa Front?

Answer 14

Britain, France and Italy.

Question 15

Which countries were not invited to the Munich Agreement that should have been there?

Answer 15

Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Question 16

What does the word Anschluss mean?

Answer 16

Uniting Germany and Austria

Question 17

Who was Neville Chamberlain?

Answer 17

Prime Minister of Britain 1937-40.

Question 18

How many Austrians voted in favour of Anschluss in the April 1938 plebiscite?

Answer 18

99%

Question 19

Which country did the Rhineland belong to?

Answer 19

Germany.

Question 20

What does the word Bolshevism mean?

Answer 20

Another name for Communism in Russia.

Question 21

What did Hitler demand at the League of Nations Disarmament conference in 1933?

Answer 21

That other countries (not just Germany) disarm. Then that Germany be allowed to have the same sized army as France.

Question 22

What did Austrian Nazis do in 1934?

Answer 22

They caused havoc across Austria and murdered the Chancellor, Engleburt Dollfuss.

Question 23

Why did Stalin of Russia make a deal with Hitler despite them being so different and Hitler hating Communists?

Answer 23

Stalin doubted the strength of the League, nobody stood up to Hitler over the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, he had been left out of the Munich agreement in 1938.

Question 24

What did Mussolini do as a result of Telini and his men being murdered in 1923?

Answer 24

Blamed Greece and invaded the island of Corfu.

Question 25

What do the words Mein Kampf mean?

Answer 25

Book written by Hitler, title means 'My struggle'

Question 26

Which country did Germany and the USSR agree to divide between the in the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 26

Poland

Question 27

What was the Austrian Nazi party planning in January 1938?

Answer 27

To overthrow Schuschnigg.

Question 28

What was unusual about the Anschluss plebiscite held in April 1938?

Answer 28

It was conducted AFTER the invasion of Austria by Nazi troops had already happened. Those voting were encouraged to vote 'yes' by Nazi stormtroopers and a bigger 'yes' circle on the voting slip.

Question 29

What entered the Rhineland on 7th March 1936?

Answer 29

German troops under orders to retreat if they met any resistance.

Question 30

In what month and year and was the Paris Peace conference?

Answer 30

Jan 1919

Question 31

How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact push Britain closer to war?

Answer 31

Britain promised Poland that if Hitler invaded, they would declare war on Germany.

Question 32

Who tried to stop Germany when troops were sent into the Rhineland?

Answer 32

Nobody.

Question 33

What did Germany and Italy agree in the Rome-Berlin Axis?

Answer 33

They agreed that they would work more closely together in the future.

Question 34

Why was Anschluss not achieved in 1934?

Answer 34

The Austrian Army supported the (anti-Nazi) government plus Mussolini moved Italian troops to the Austrian border and threatened to invade if Hitler didn't back off.

Question 35

What was agreed in the Pact of Steel?

Answer 35

The armies of Italy, Japan and Germany would work together in any war that broke out.

Question 36

What did Hitler show off at the 'Freedom to Rearm rally' in 1935?

Answer 36

The weapons and troops he had been secretly building up.

Question 37

Who was Engleburt Dollfuss?

Answer 37

Chancellor of Austria in the early 1930s.

Question 38

What was appeasement?

Answer 38

A British policy of giving Hitler a little of what he wanted in order to prevent a war.

Question 39

What was forbidden between Germany and Austria in the Treaty of Versailles (spelt correctly)?

Answer 39

Anchluss

Question 40

Had Hitler always wanted war with Britain?

Answer 40

No, he suggested a 25 year non-aggression pact in 1936, but Britain refused.

Question 41

Who was Daladier?

Answer 41

President of France in the 1930s.

Question 42

Which of Hitler's foreign policy aims is not included in RUT?

Answer 42

destroy communism

Question 43

Why was the Sudetenland an attractive target for Hitler?

Answer 43

It belonged to Czechoslovakia which was a new country resulting from the Treaty of Versailles which Hitler opposed.I t had vast resources that Hitler could use such as railways, forts, factories. There were 3 million Volksdeutche there. It surrounded Czechoslovakia on three sides.

Question 44

What was the choice between and the outcome of the Saar plebiscite?

Answer 44

Whether the areas should be governed by France or Germany. 90% of the population voted for Germany.

Question 45

What was the Saar and what happened to it in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 45

An important industrial area of Germany. It was put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years.

Question 46

How big was the League of Nations' army?

Answer 46

0, it didn't have one.

Question 47

What does RUT have to do with Hitler's foreign policy aims for Germany?

Answer 47

R = rearm U = unite T = territory

Question 48

What military forces was Germany allowed in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 48

Only 6 ships in the navy and no submarines. Only 100,000 soldiers in the army, conscription not allowed and no tanks. No airforce allowed either.

Question 49

Which countries signed the Anti-Comintern pact and what did they agree?

Answer 49

Germany and Japan. They agreed to work together against Communism.

Question 50

Who was Roosevelt (FDR)?

Answer 50

President of America for most of the 1930s.

Question 51

What did Britain, France and Italy agree in the Stresa Front?

Answer 51

Guarantee the terms of the Locarno Treaty, protect Austrian independence, work together to ensure Hitler stopped breaking the rules of the Treaty of Versailles,

Question 52

What does the word Volksdeutsche mean?

Answer 52

People of the German race

Question 53

Who was in the Pact of Steel?

Answer 53

Germany and Italy at first and then Japan in 1940.

Question 54

Who were Schuschnigg and Seyss-Inquart?

Answer 54

The final two chancellors of Austria before Anschluss was acheived.