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between what years did adolf hitler rise to power?

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  • 1918-1933.
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what was the name of hitlers book and what year was it published?

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  • the book is called mein kampf.

- released in 1924.

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what were his three main aims?

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  • abolish the treaty of Versailles.
  • expand german territory.
  • defeat communism.
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why did he want to abolish the treaty of versailles?

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  • believed the treaty was unfair.
  • called the german who signed it ‘the november criminals’.
  • defeated german pride and humiliated them.
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why did hitler want to expand german territory?

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  • german territories had been taken away due to the treaty.
  • wanted to unite austria with germany.
  • wanted german minorities in other countries like Czechoslovakia to reunite with germany.
  • wanted to create a german empire in eastern europe because he wanted to give germans more living space.
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why did he want to defeat communism?

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  • believed bolsheviks helped bring out the defeat of germany in WW1.
  • believed the bolsheviks wanted to take over germany.
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what was the dollfuss affair?

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  • dollfuss was the chancellor of austria, dictator.
  • banned the nazi group.
  • head of the christian social party.
  • assassinated bu austrian nazis july 1934.
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8
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why was the saar returned to germany in 1995?

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  • the league held a vote on whether the saar should come back.
  • 90% voted yes.
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why did britain allow germany to rearm?

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  • britain wanted a stable but not powerful germany.

- this is beacause they didnt want the USSR invading western europe and spreading communism.

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what was the anglo-german naval agreement?

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  • britain dismantled the treaty by signing an agreement with hitler allowing germany to increase its navy to 35% of the size of the british navy.
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what year was the anglo-german naval agreement signed?

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  • june 1935.
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what was the stresa front?

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  • mutual agreement to uphold the british and french territorial boundaries.
  • this was because to stop germany from further undermining of the treaty of versailles.
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when was the stresa front signed?

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  • april 1935
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in what year did hitler move his troops into the rhineland?

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  • march 1936.
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why did the league not stop him as it was against the treaty of versailles?

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  • the abyssinian crisis was happening at the same time, league was too busy with that.
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why did the french not stop them?

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  • france not wanting to go against germany alone without britain.
  • elections in france at the time anf no party wanted to tage france into war.
  • france and russia signed a treaty so france feels strong in the face of agression.
  • dealing with the Abyssinian crisis.
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why did the british not stop them?

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  • fear of communism, saw germany as an ally.
  • britain did not agree with the treaty of versailles, rhineland was german territory anyways.
  • dealing with the abyssinian crisis.
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what year was the spanish civil war?

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  • 1936-1937.
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why did hitler get involved in the spanish civil war?

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  • saw this as an opportunity to fight against communism and the same time to try out his new forces.
20
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why did the league not get involved?

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  • didnt want to get involved with bigger countries such as spain, germany and italy in fear that they would claim war on britain and france.
21
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in what year was the anti-comintern pact signed?

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  • 1936, germany and japan.

- 1937, italy signed.

22
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what was the aim of it?

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  • to limit communism influence around the world.
23
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what was the anschluss in austraia 1938?

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  • hitler invaded austria.
24
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why did he invade austria?

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  • germans had been living there.
  • thought it would be a good idea for the two nations to unite.
  • austria also agreed on uniting as they had a weak economy.
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how did he do it?

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  • encouraged the nazi party in austria to cause riots and trouble.
  • sent his troops into austria supposedly to guarantee a trouble free plebiscite.
26
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why did britain and france not stop him?

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  • abyssinian crisis was happening so they were occupied with that.
27
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what was the appeasement?

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  • britain and germany signed a naval agreement in 1935 for the next three years.
28
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what were the reasons for appeasement?

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  • british empire might not support a war against germany.
  • hitler was against communism; britain and france fear communism more than hitler.
  • USA did not join the league and were not gna stand up to hitler. policy of non intervention.
  • treaty of versailles is unfair.
  • britain and france have their own economic problems.
  • great war. millions of dead. double the amount could now die in a future war because of more powerful weapons.
  • britain not ready for war.
29
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in what year did the sudeten crisis happen?

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  • sept 1938.
30
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why was the leader of czechoslovakia scared for his country?

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  • after the anschluss, edward benes was afraid that his country was next.
  • sought help from france and britain. france promised to protect in case of invasion due to a treaty.
  • britain felt obliged to follow frances footsteps.
  • however hitler promised not to invade.
31
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did hitler keep his promise?

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  • no.
  • helein who was the leader of the nazis in the sudetenland stirred up trouble.
  • may 1938 hitler threatened to invade czechoslovakia if needed.
32
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what did czechoslovakia to about this?

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  • they were ready to fight as they had a modern army.

- they were also supported by france, britain and the USSR if it came to war.

33
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what did chamberlain do about this?

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  • 15 sept 1938 he flew to germany to speak with hitler to avoid war.
34
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what did hitler want?

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  • hitler explained that he was only interested in parts of the sudetenland.
  • a plebiscite showed the sudeten germans agreed with this.
35
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what was chamberlains reaction and what did he do?

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  • he thought that it was reasonable.

- he brought the plan to the french leader and told the czechs their intentions.

36
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what did hitler then demand?

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  • he then changed his original statement and said he wanted the whole of the sudetenland.
  • to justify this he said the czech government mistreated the germans and hitler wanted to rescue them.
37
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what was the munich agreement?

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  • leaders of britain, germany, france and italy decided on the sudetenland to be given back to germany.
38
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when was the munich agreement signed?

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  • sept 29 1938.
39
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did the people of britain that hitler would be stopped?

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  • oct 1938, 93% of britain stated that hitler would not be stopped in his ambitions to expand his territory.
40
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what happened on the 15 march 1939?

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  • german troops took over the rest of czechoslovakia.
  • britain and france could not do anything.
  • this was a clear sign that hitler could not be trusted.
41
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what did britain and france predict what would happen next and what did thet state?

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  • they predicted that hitlers next invasion would be on poland.
  • they stated that if hitler invaded poland, britain and france would declare war on germany.
42
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what was the nazi-soviet pact?

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  • stalin and hitler decided on peace between them and that they would divide polish land between them privately.
43
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when was the nazi-soviet pact signed?

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  • 24 aug 1939.
44
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why did stalin sign the nazi-soviet pact if he knew that hitler hated the communists?

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  • stalin was afraid that hitler would invade the USSR so he signed the treaty so there would be peace between them.
45
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why did hitler want to invade russia?

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  • since hitler came into power, he openly talked about invading russia.
  • he had denounced communism and imprisoned and killed communists in germany.
  • he was expanding his german empire towards the east, russia fell into hitlers wish list.
46
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when did hilter invade poland?

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  • 1 sept 1939.
47
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when did france and britain declare war on germany?

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  • 3 sept 1939.

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