How did the events of the 1930s lead to World War Two? Flashcards
Who were Schuschnigg and Seyss-Inquart?
The final two chancellors of Austria before Anschluss was acheived.
What was forbidden between Germany and Austria in the Treaty of Versailles (spelt correctly)?
Anchluss
What was the Saar and what happened to it in the Treaty of Versailles?
An important industrial area of Germany. It was put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years.
Why was Anschluss not achieved in 1934?
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.
In what year did Hitler achieve Anschluss with Austria?
1938
What military forces was Germany allowed in the Treaty of Versailles?
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.
What does the word Lebensraum mean?
Living space for Germany.
Who was Engleburt Dollfuss?
Chancellor of Austria in the early 1930s.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Dictator of the Communist USSR.
What was the outcome for Hitler at the League of Nations Disarmament conference in 1933?
Germany left the League.
How many Austrians voted in favour of Anschluss in the April 1938 plebiscite?
99%
In what year was the Dollfus affair?
1934
What did Mussolini do as a result of Telini and his men being murdered in 1923?
Blamed Greece and invaded the island of Corfu.
Which countries signed the Anti-Comintern pact and what did they agree?
Germany and Japan. They agreed to work together against Communism.
What was the Austrian Nazi party planning in January 1938?
To overthrow Schuschnigg.
Which countries made an agreement in the Stresa Front?
Britain, France and Italy.
Why did Stalin of Russia make a deal with Hitler despite them being so different and Hitler hating Communists?
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.
What did Hitler show off at the ‘Freedom to Rearm rally’ in 1935?
The weapons and troops he had been secretly building up.
Who was in the Pact of Steel?
Germany and Italy at first and then Japan in 1940.
In what country would you have found the Sudetenland?
Czechoslovakia
Had Hitler always wanted war with Britain?
No, he suggested a 25 year non-aggression pact in 1936, but Britain refused.