Int R incidents Flashcards
T of V
June 1919 Army reduced to 100,000 No tanks 6 battleships £6.6 billion debt War Guilt Article 231 No Air force lost 13% terriotry
T of St G (Austria)
Sept 1919
Lost land to Czech, Italy, Serbia
Army reduced to 30,000
Debt not paid as went bankrupt
T of N (Bulgaria)
Sept 1919 lost land to Greece, Romania, Serbia Army reduced to 20,000 Anchullus forbidden £90 million debt
T of Tria (Hungary)
1920 June
lost land to Austria, Czech, Serbia
Pop decreased by over 10 million
Army reduced to 35,000
T of S (Turkey)
1923 Thrace/ Syria to Greece L of N controlled colonies Arabia becomes independant Army reduced to 50,000
T of L (Turkey)
Give up non Turk countries
Failure of Disarmament crisis
No real action required
Uk/France rejected Hoovers ban on Tanks
Uk felt T of V was unfair on Germany
Machuria
1932
Jpn needed more space as industry grew
Manchuria was weak
Jpn already owned South Manchurian Railway
There was an explosion on the railway
Jpn blamed China and invaded
L of N held Jpn guilty but Jpn ignored and left the L of N
Corfu Incident
5 Italy dead on Greece border
Mussolini demanded 50 million lira
Italy took military action
Greece went to L of N but Mussolini abused power and rejected it
Lorcarno Pact-1925
German borders with France/ Belgian never change
Rhineland permanently de-militarised
all agreed but no trust
Kellog-Briand Pact 1928
yeh same
Disarmament Conf
60 nations but France and Germany refused
Germany re-armament
1933 Hitler leaves L of N
he increased army to 550,000
1000 aircraft
increased budget to 25mil markss
Stessa Front
Conf talking about Ger re-armament
Austria failed anchullus
Austrian Nazi party killed chancellor Dolfus
Failed as Hitler did not back
Mussolini moves 100,000 troops to Austria
The Saar 1935
Rich mine area
Pleb vote and 90% wanted to go back to Germany
Rhineland 1936 Mar
Hitler moves into into west
Uk/France still dealing Abyssinia
No action taken
No push on Mussolini in case he went to Hitler
Anchulllus
Mar 1938 Hitler stirs up trouble in Austria Nazi party bully Chancellor Nazi leader Laquart put in charge 99.75% vote anchullus
Sudentenland
Apr- Sept 1938 Hitler stirs trouble then saves the day Munich Conf discussing the occupation gave Germany the sudentenland Anglo-German declaration
Appeasement
Apr 1938 Empire wouldn't back war No alternatives France and Uk weak Bought time
Guilt about T of V
Fear of bomber in Spn Civil War
WW1 still remembered
Communism still a bigger threat
Fear of new technologies like the bomber and gas attacks
Invasion of Czech
Hitler invaded and occupied
Broke Munich agreement
showed Hitler’s true colours and embarrassed Chamberlain
Nazi soviet pact Aug 1939
Meant they cant attack each other
Poland split fairly
Pact of steel Hitler and Mussolini
May 1939
Polish-Danzig corridoor
Troops sent to memel Hitler declared he wanted the land Uk safeguarded borders Germany carried on War