PP2- Collapse of International Peace Flashcards
What were Hitler’s plans significance to the collapse?
- Mein Kampf
- Abolish the TOV
- Expand German territory
- Defeat communism
Terms that angered Hitler the most
- Limited army
- Rhineland to be demilitarised
- Forbidden to unite with Austria
- Sudetenland goes to Czechoslovakia
- Polish corridor to be given to Poland
What were Hitler’s plans regarding expanding German territory
- Unity with Austria
- German minorities in other countries to rejoin Germany
- Carve out an empire in Eastern Europe- Lebensraum
- Get back lost territory
What did Hitler do between 1933-1939
Took G out of LON
Began rearming
Tried to take Austria- prevented by Mussolini
Rearmament Rally
Reintroduced Conscription
Sent troops into the Rhineland
Anticommunist alliance w/ Japan->& Italy
Interfered in the Spanish Civil War
Took over Austria, Sudetenland
Invaded Czechoslovakia –> & Poland
Other factors that can be blamed for starting the war
- Depression
- Weaknesses of the post-war treaties
- Britain, France, USA, USSR
Why did rearming work out for Germany
- Other countries were using it to fight unemployment
- Boosted Nazi support
- Britain’s sympathy
Appeasement
- Britain thought the limits on their armed forces were too tight
- Good buffer against communism
- Naval Agreement (1935): Increase up to 35% of Britain’s navy
- Didn’t want another war
- Germany was better armed
- USA’s Isolationism
Saar plebiscite
- 90% voted to return to German rule
- Morale booster
The precision of the Rhineland remilitarisation
- France & USSR just signed a treaty to protect each other against Germany (Hitler should be allowed to place troops against this threat)
- Many people in Britain supported this
- Soldiers were ordered to pull out if France acted
- League’s attention on the Abyssinian Crisis instead
Spanish Civil War
- Republican Govt vs Right wing rebels
- RG: USSR, France, Britain (sent some weapons)
- RWR: Italy, Germany
- Mussolini & Hitler sent proper troops, aircraft, etc.
- Strengthened their bond
Axis Alliance
- Germany, Mussolini saw Japan’s actions in Manchuria and signed the pact at different times
- Anti-Comintern (against USSR’s communism)
Anschluss
- Hitler encouraged his strong Nazi party to stir up some trouble by demanding union with Germany
- Austrian Chancellor appealed to Britain & France about Hitler’s suggestion for an Anschulus but they ignored it
- Plebiscite: 99.75% victory due to Nazi troops spectating the voting
- Austrian soldiers, weapons, ore & gold deposits now Germany
Why was Czechoslovakia not a walk-over like Austria?
- Britain, France, USSR promised support
- They had a modern army
- Sudetenland was necessary
Outcomes of Hitlers discussion with Chamberlain
He stated that he only wanted a part of the Sudeten but after a few days, his demands increased as he claimed the Czeck govt was mistreating the Germans
Britains army was mobilised
Munich Agreement
They gave Hitler the Sudetenland without consulting USSR or Czeckoslovakia
Hungary and Poland helped themselves to some land after German troops marched in
Within the next 14 days German troops took over the rest of the country
