How far was Hitler’s foreign policy responsible for the outbreak of WW2

Question 1

what were his policies

Answer 1

• abolish the treaty of versailles
• expand german territory eastwards to gain living space for Germans ( lebensraum)
• unite all german speaking people into one reich

Question 2

what conference was held in 1932-1933

Answer 2

global disarmament conference

Question 3

what decisions were made/what happened in the global disarmament conference

Answer 3

not many, Hitler promised to not rearm as long as the other countries promised to reduce theri armies, the countries did not agree to this so Hitler left the conference as well as the LON

Question 4

what was the Anglo-German agreement

Answer 4

Germany could rebuild its army as long as it was less than 35% the size of the British Navy

Question 5

How did the Anglo-German agreement create division between france and Britain

Answer 5

Because France really didn’t want Germany to rearm as they would become a threat and they believed they deserved punishment and by allowing germany to do just that, britain caused some tension between these two powers

Question 6

when was the invasion of Manchuria

Answer 6

1931

Question 7

how did the league respond to manchuria crisis and how did it make them seem weak

Answer 7

It took them over a year to prepare a report about what happened and to condemn Japan but at that point Japan had already taken full control over Manchuria. they were not able to impose any meaningful sanctions on japan because Japans main trading partner was the US and they weren’t a member of the LON. So Japan stayed in control of Manchuria and the LON was seen as weak as it showed nations they could act aggressively without any consequence.

Question 8

What choice of vote were people of the Saar given

Answer 8

• to remain governed by the LON
• to become a part of France
• to return to Germany

Question 9

What actions were taken by Germany to ensure the Saar would vote them and how did it end up

Answer 9

there was a lot of effective Propaganda spread around by Joseph Goebbels and 90% voted to rejoin Germany

Question 10

when were the people of the Saar given a choice to vote their fate?

Answer 10

1935

Question 11

Why was the outcome of the voting of the Saar such a big win for Hitler

Answer 11

because he wanted to reverse the threaty of versailles and unite all german speaking people together and as the Saar had been taken from him by the TOV, he had achieved these things + all legally

Question 12

what did the TOV state regarding the Saar

Answer 12

that it would be under the control of the LON for 15 years

Question 13

when was the Abbysinia crisis

Answer 13

1936

Question 14

While the league was busy worrying about Italy and Abbysinia, what did Hitler do

Answer 14

he sent his troops into the rhineland breaking the TOV and the locarno treaties

Question 15

What actions were taken by the league to try and stop Italy from invading Abbysinia and how did it work out

Answer 15

• the LON put sanctions on Italy banning the sales of weapons and metals
• they didn’t ban the sales of oil and coal OR close the Suez canal, this meant that Italy could continue with their invasion
• Italy left the LON in 1937

Question 16

why was the LON not able to impose strong sanctions on Italy

Answer 16

• because France was hesitant to antagonize Italy after the remilitarization of the Rhineland they were distracted, and couldn’t focus on the abbysinia crisis.

Question 17

what happened in the Rhineland in 1936

Answer 17

hitler took a huge risk by remillitarising the rhineland as he had broken the locarno treaties so France and Britain would have been justified to send their militaries in to stop them

• the risk paid off as hitlers forces of 20000 were weak, but B & F didn’t know this and weren’t prepared to take serious action against Germany as they didn’t want war.
• The abyssinia crisis was a distraction from events in the Rhineland and disagreements on both issues meant that neither was forcefully responded to
• Hitler had taken a risk and this risk had worked out in his favour next time he would probably take an even bigger risk

Question 18

what happened in july 1936 (spain)

Answer 18

Spanish civil war broke out

Question 19

what did the other countries and the LON do about the break out of the Spanish civil war

Answer 19

Britain and France let a non-intervention committee that banned countries from formerly becoming involved

Hitler and Mussolini send German Italian troops to fight on the side of General Franco they wanted to help in what they saw as an international fight against communism as General Franco was fascis

Question 20

consequences of G,I, LON actions regarding spanish civil war (2)

Answer 20

Strengthen the bond between mussolini and Hitler
encouraged Hitler to believe Britain and France would not intervene against him

Question 21

what was the Axis alliance

Answer 21

Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 22

what as the Roma-Berlin axis

Answer 22

when in 1936Germany and Japan signed the anti-commitern pact to oppose the growth of global communism. Italy joined in 1937

Question 23

what was Anchsluss

Answer 23

Germany uniting with Austria

Question 24

what happened in 1938, regarding germany and austria

Answer 24

there was a strong nazi party in Austria and hitler encouraged them to create trouble fr the government and hold demonstrations calling for union with gemany.
Hitler told the chancellor that only politival union would make them stop so the chancellor announced there would be a plebiscite in April to see what the Austrian people wanted.
Hitler demands this vote doesn’t take place and sends his troop to the border with Austria.

Question 25

what were Hitlers actions once he learned there would be a vote to see if the Austrians wanted to join with Germany

Answer 25

Hitler couldn’t risk losing the vote so he sent his troops into Austria to ensure that there was a trouble-free plebiscite
- under the eyes of the Nazi troops 99.75% voted in favor of Anschluss
- Austria was now a part of the Third Reich

Question 26

Germans lived in the sudetenland after Germany’s borders were redrawn in the Treaty of Versailles Hitler claimed that the Germans in the sudeten land were being mistreated by the government of Czechoslovakia France promised to defend check Slovakia if it invaded Germany which would start a full-scale war.

Answer 26

Germans lived in the sudetenland after Germany’s borders were redrawn in the Treaty of Versailles Hitler claimed that the Germans in the sudeten land were being mistreated by the government of Czechoslovakia France promised to defend check Slovakia if it invaded Germany which would start a full-scale war.

Question 27

when did Hitler give an ultimatum about the sudetenland

Answer 27

1938

Question 28

what was the ultimatum that Hitler gave France and britain react to the ultimatum Germany gave about cZECHOSLOVAKIA

Answer 28

France agreed to defend czechoslovakia and Britain prepared his army

Question 29

what was the munich conference (munich agreement)

Answer 29

a last ditch effort to prevent war, there was a conference held in munich where France, britain, Germany and Italy discussed the situation .

Czechoslovakia was not invited and neither was the USSR

Question 30

What was agreed at the munich agreement

Answer 30

• Czechoslovakia must surrender its
  border regions and defenses
• the government of Czechoslovakia were not invited to the Munich agreement and only told of the decision afterwards
• Czechoslovakia could not fight Germany alone so surrender the success and land to Germany
  this is known as the biggest example of appeasement

Question 31

what was the nazi soviet pact

Answer 31

an agreement between Germany and the USSR where they agreed they wouldn’t attack each other ( this cleared the way for Germany to invade Poland)

Question 32

why did stalin sign the nazi soviet pact

Answer 32

Stalin was terrified of Hitler’s Germany but he had lost faith that he keep the USSR safe through an alliance with Britain France or that League of Nations

Question 33

what was the reaction of the other countries to the nazi soviet pact

Answer 33

the agreement came as a massive shock to Britain and France

Question 34

what had Hitler and Stalin also agreed on that France and Britain didn’t know about

Answer 34

also had agreed to divide Poland between them

Question 35

when did Germany invade Poland

Answer 35

Germany Invaded Poland in 1939

Question 36

When did Britain and france declare war on Geramny

Answer 36

2 days after Germany invaded poland

Question 37

when was WW2

Answer 37

1939-1945