KQ3 Breakdown Of Peace - Sources Flashcards

Sources Qs

1
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What action did Hitler do in 1933 that was a violation of the treaty of Versailles?

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Rearmed Germany

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

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Tried to take Austria but was stopped by Italy

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

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Reintroduced conscription

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

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Sent troops into Rhineland

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

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Tested out new weapons in the Spanish civil war

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

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

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

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Invaded rest of Czechoslovakia

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When did Germany secretly and openly start rearming

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1933 - secretly
1935 - openly

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why did Hitler want Anschluss

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

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why did the first Anschluss fail

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

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how was german rearmament a cause of ww2

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increased tension, challenged treaty of Versailles, germany became braver

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what was Hitlers justification for rearming the Rhineland

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

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

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

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What did france and britain do about the german rearmament

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britain made anglo-german naval agreement
france was angry

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What was the anglo-german naval agreement

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

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how was the remilitarisation of the rhineland a cause of war

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caused tension, braver germany, challenged treaty of Versailles

17
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what did hitler do during the spanish civil war in 1937

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sent aircrafts and pilots who took part in major campaigns

18
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why did hitler get involved in the spanish civil war

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supported Franco as they had the same views

19
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what was the result of the Saar plebiscite

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

20
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what was the policy of lebensraun

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hitlers policy of increasing living space for germans

21
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when did hitler announce that he intended to fight Czechoslovakia for Sudetenland

22
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why did Hitler want the Sudetenland

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

23
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when and where did Chamberlain meet with Hitler to convince him out of invading Czechoslovakia

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15th September 1938 at Hitler’s mountain retreat

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

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

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what happened one week later after the meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler about Czechoslovakia
he changed his mind and wanted all of the Sudetenland by October 1st
26
who persuaded Hitler to attend the Munich conference
Mussolini
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when was the Munich conference
29th September 1938
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who attended the Munich conference
Italy, Germany, France and Britain
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What was the result of the Munich conference
Germany got Sudetenland
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when did germany march into sudetenland
1st October 1938
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who was the president of Czechoslovakia
Benes
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when did germany take the whole of Czechoslovakia
15th march 1939
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what did Britain and France threaten to do if Hitler invaded Poland
Declare war
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what were the reasons for appeasement
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
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What were the views of appeasement
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
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what was the Nazi-Soviet pack
the agreement that Germany and USSR would not attack each other divided Poland up between them through a series of secret clauses
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what were the main reasons peace broke down by 1939
appeasement Hitler treaty of Versailles Failure of League of Nation Great Depression
38
when was the wall street crash
1929