KQ3 Breakdown Of Peace - Sources

Question 1

What action did Hitler do in 1933 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

Rearmed Germany

Question 2

What action did Hitler take in 1934 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 2

Tried to take Austria but was stopped by Italy

Question 3

What did Hitler do in 1935 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 3

Reintroduced conscription

Question 4

What did Hitler do in 1936 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 4

Sent troops into Rhineland

Question 5

What did Hitler do in 1937 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 5

Tested out new weapons in the Spanish civil war

Question 6

What did Hitler do in 1938 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 6

March - Took over Austria
October/September - Took over Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia

Question 7

What did Hitler do in 1939 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 7

Invaded rest of Czechoslovakia

Question 8

When did Germany secretly and openly start rearming

Answer 8

1933 - secretly
1935 - openly

Question 9

why did Hitler want Anschluss

Answer 9

unifying german speakers
overturns treaty of Versailles
Hitler was austrian and he wanted to unite his birth and adopted country

Question 10

why did the first Anschluss fail

Answer 10

Mussolini prevented takeover sent troops to the border
Kurt von Schuschnigg rallied local government forces to regain control

Question 11

how was german rearmament a cause of ww2

Answer 11

increased tension, challenged treaty of Versailles, germany became braver

Question 12

what was Hitlers justification for rearming the Rhineland

Answer 12

used the France-USSR treaty to claim they were under threat

Question 13

why did France and Britain not do anything about the rearming of the rhineland

Answer 13

france - wouldnt act without british support
britain - didnt see a problem with it as they though of it like germany’s ‘own backyard’

Question 14

What did france and britain do about the german rearmament

Answer 14

britain made anglo-german naval agreement
france was angry

Question 15

What was the anglo-german naval agreement

Answer 15

German Navy must be 35% the size of Britains Navy
It was done in 1935

Question 16

how was the remilitarisation of the rhineland a cause of war

Answer 16

caused tension, braver germany, challenged treaty of Versailles

Question 17

what did hitler do during the spanish civil war in 1937

Answer 17

sent aircrafts and pilots who took part in major campaigns

Question 18

why did hitler get involved in the spanish civil war

Answer 18

supported Franco as they had the same views

Question 19

what was the result of the Saar plebiscite

Answer 19

90% wanted to join Germany
- morale boost and effective propaganda material

Question 20

what was the policy of lebensraun

Answer 20

hitlers policy of increasing living space for germans

Question 21

when did hitler announce that he intended to fight Czechoslovakia for Sudetenland

Answer 21

may 1938

Question 22

why did Hitler want the Sudetenland

Answer 22

bc it had valuable armament works(Skoda) and coal deposits
had a lot of German Speakers

Question 23

when and where did Chamberlain meet with Hitler to convince him out of invading Czechoslovakia

Answer 23

15th September 1938 at Hitler’s mountain retreat

Question 24

what was the result of the first meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler about Czechoslovakia

Answer 24

he agreed to take only the parts where the majority of the population was German

Question 25

what happened one week later after the meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler about Czechoslovakia

Answer 25

he changed his mind and wanted all of the Sudetenland by October 1st

Question 26

who persuaded Hitler to attend the Munich conference

Answer 26

Mussolini

Question 27

when was the Munich conference

Answer 27

29th September 1938

Question 28

who attended the Munich conference

Answer 28

Italy, Germany, France and Britain

Question 29

What was the result of the Munich conference

Answer 29

Germany got Sudetenland

Question 30

when did germany march into sudetenland

Answer 30

1st October 1938

Question 31

who was the president of Czechoslovakia

Answer 31

Benes

Question 32

when did germany take the whole of Czechoslovakia

Answer 32

15th march 1939

Question 33

what did Britain and France threaten to do if Hitler invaded Poland

Answer 33

Declare war

Question 34

what were the reasons for appeasement

Answer 34

Germany had genuine grievances with treaty of Versailles, if they solved them Hitler would live in peace
Britain’s Empire + commonwealth states may not support another war
Britain had not rearmed
Britain and France couldn’t afford another war
USA wouldn’t support
Strong Germany = communism barrier
No body wanted another war

Question 35

What were the views of appeasement

Answer 35

encouraged Hitler to be aggressive
allowed Germany to grow too strong
scared USSR
based on the assumption that Hitler was trustworthy
gave Britain time to get ready for war

Question 36

what was the Nazi-Soviet pack

Answer 36

the agreement that Germany and USSR would not attack each other
divided Poland up between them through a series of secret clauses

Question 37

what were the main reasons peace broke down by 1939

Answer 37

appeasement
Hitler
treaty of Versailles
Failure of League of Nation
Great Depression

Question 38

when was the wall street crash

Answer 38

1929