Quoting Taylor

Question 1

Origins of Nazi Weltanschauung

Answer 1

“In one sphere alone he changed nothing.” (Taylor)

Question 2

Hitler’s goals

Answer 2

“make Germany the greatest power in Europe from her natural weight” (Taylor)

Question 3

[OPINION] Hitler’s method

Answer 3

“Hitler did not need to act. Others would do his work for him.” & “He meant to succeed by intrigue and the threat of violence, not by violence itself.” (Taylor)

Question 4

In foreign affairs, Hitler was _____

Answer 4

“a gambler who would play for high stakes with inadequate resources” (Taylor)

Question 5

Hitler’s perspectives on Versailles’ _____ of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 5

“artificial undoing” (Taylor)

Question 6

[OPINION] Warring with the West before conquering the East was _____

Answer 6

“Against all expectations” (Taylor)

Question 7

Did Allied statesmen expect Hitler’s actions?

Answer 7

“Allied statesmen were under no illusions as to Hitler’s intentions.” (Taylor)

Question 8

Moose’s initial attitude towards the “Hitler problem”

Answer 8

“[Moose] held aloof, already hoping to turn ‘revisionism’ in Italy’s favour” (Taylor)

Question 9

France needs pookies

Answer 9

“France could not hope to win it if she fought alone.” (Taylor)

Question 10

To Moose and Hitler, 1948 would be _____

Answer 10

“the year of destiny.” (Taylor)

Question 11

After the Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact, Hitler assumed Poland would become _____

Answer 11

“a loyal satellite” (Taylor)

Question 12

If Anschluss occurred, Italy would _____

Answer 12

“lose all aloofness from Europe” (Taylor)

Question 13

Renouncing Austria was more difficult than renouncing Danzig and Corridor for Hitler

Answer 13

“It was harder for him as a man, as one who had been a German nationalist in Austria long before he became the leader of nationalism in Germany.” (Taylor)

Question 14

International attitude towards Austrian Nazis

Answer 14

“mere German agents to be turned on and off at will.” (Taylor)

Question 15

Hitler’s image after Dollfuss’ murder

Answer 15

“gratuitous humiliation” (Taylor)

Question 16

“Last” meeting of Stresa Front was _____

Answer 16

“a mocking echo from the days of victory” (Taylor)

Question 17

Irony of Stresa Front Powers

Answer 17

“represented by renegade Socialists” (Taylor)

Question 18

Hitler’s prediction of French response to reoccupying the Rhineland

Answer 18

“he was unshakably confident that no action would follow.“ (Taylor)

Question 19

If France decided to attack Germany alone in fear of striking too late, _____

Answer 19

“she might find herself condemned as the aggressor” (Taylor)

Question 20

Troubling update on LoN’s status

Answer 20

“The LoN was a shadow” (Taylor)

Question 21

Troubling update on international status

Answer 21

“The former victors had no advantage; the defeated, no handicap.” & “ ‘International anarchy’ was restored.” (Taylor)

Question 22

The Luftwaffe used Spain as _____

Answer 22

“a testing-ground” (Taylor)

Question 23

Will the USSR intervene in the Spanish civil war?

Answer 23

“[They would] keep their promise of non-intervention only to the extent that Germany and Italy kept theirs.” (Taylor)

Question 24

Franco’s foreign policy

Answer 24

“[Franco] had no intention of tying Spain to any foreign power or foreign cause.” (Taylor)

Question 25

After the Spanish civil war, what did Britain want from Moose?

Answer 25

“He seemed to hold the key to peace.” & “[to] moderate Hitler” (Taylor)

Question 26

Moose’s attitude in alliances

Answer 26

“Moose was ready to hold out promise, though not performance.” (Taylor)

Question 27

USA indirectly causing WWII

Answer 27

“except to maintain an even-handed neutrality which usually benefited the aggressor.” & “American isolationism completed the isolation of Europe.” (Taylor)

Question 28

How did the US let down the status quo?

Answer 28

“Great Britain and France had already too much moral capital; what they lacked was material strength.” (Taylor)

Question 29

Chamberlain’s international philosophy

Answer 29

“nations became contented and pacific, once their claims were met.” (Taylor)

Question 30

Hitler’s attitude towards Schushnigg’s referendum

Answer 30

“Hitler responded as though someone had trodden on a painful corn.” (Taylor)

Question 31

How was Hitler’s image after Anschluss?

Answer 31

“he lost the asset of aggrieved morality and appeared as a conqueror” & “He had got away with murder” (Taylor)

Question 32

How was Hitler after Anschluss?

Answer 32

“Hitler’s self-confidence was increased, and with it his contempt for the statesmen of other countries.” & “He became more impatient and careless, readier to speed up negotiations by threats of force” (Taylor)

Question 33

To Hitler, Czechoslovakia was _____

Answer 33

“a perpetual reproach to Hitler, thrust far into German territory.” (Taylor)

Question 34

Czechoslovakia’s canker

Answer 34

“a state of nationalities, not a national state” (Taylor)

Question 35

Hitler _____ French and Italian capacity for aggression and resolution

Answer 35

“overrated” (Taylor)

Question 36

German attitude to Pact of Steel

Answer 36

“a consolation prize for failing to secure a Triple Alliance with Japan.” (Taylor)

Question 37

Germany and Japan had a _____ on where to place the international spotlight

Answer 37

“tug-of-war” (Taylor)

Question 38

[OPINION] Hitler pining for Polish territory sans war

Answer 38

“To the very last minute he was battering away for the Polish offer [of giving up Danzig and the Corridor]” & “war of nerves” (Taylor)

Question 39

Hitler’s later opinion of France

Answer 39

“He knew that they would go wherever the British led them, though acting as a brake on the road to war.” (Taylor)

Question 40

Britain feared the USSR _____

Answer 40

“might stay out while the other European Powers tore each other to pieces.” & “with her army intact and England and Germany in ruins, would dominate Europe” (Taylor)

Question 41

[OPINION] Britain had futile progress due to _____

Answer 41

“incompetence” (Taylor)

Question 42

[OPINION] Probably of WWII

Answer 42

“[WWII] had been implicit since the moment when the first war ended.” (Taylor)