Quoting Taylor Flashcards
Origins of Nazi Weltanschauung
“In one sphere alone he changed nothing.” (Taylor)
Hitler’s goals
“make Germany the greatest power in Europe from her natural weight” (Taylor)
[OPINION] Hitler’s method
“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)
In foreign affairs, Hitler was _____
“a gambler who would play for high stakes with inadequate resources” (Taylor)
Hitler’s perspectives on Versailles’ _____ of Brest-Litovsk
“artificial undoing” (Taylor)
[OPINION] Warring with the West before conquering the East was _____
“Against all expectations” (Taylor)
Did Allied statesmen expect Hitler’s actions?
“Allied statesmen were under no illusions as to Hitler’s intentions.” (Taylor)
Moose’s initial attitude towards the “Hitler problem”
“[Moose] held aloof, already hoping to turn ‘revisionism’ in Italy’s favour” (Taylor)
France needs pookies
“France could not hope to win it if she fought alone.” (Taylor)
To Moose and Hitler, 1948 would be _____
“the year of destiny.” (Taylor)
After the Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact, Hitler assumed Poland would become _____
“a loyal satellite” (Taylor)
If Anschluss occurred, Italy would _____
“lose all aloofness from Europe” (Taylor)
Renouncing Austria was more difficult than renouncing Danzig and Corridor for Hitler
“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)
International attitude towards Austrian Nazis
“mere German agents to be turned on and off at will.” (Taylor)
Hitler’s image after Dollfuss’ murder
“gratuitous humiliation” (Taylor)
“Last” meeting of Stresa Front was _____
“a mocking echo from the days of victory” (Taylor)
Irony of Stresa Front Powers
“represented by renegade Socialists” (Taylor)
Hitler’s prediction of French response to reoccupying the Rhineland
“he was unshakably confident that no action would follow.“ (Taylor)
If France decided to attack Germany alone in fear of striking too late, _____
“she might find herself condemned as the aggressor” (Taylor)
Troubling update on LoN’s status
“The LoN was a shadow” (Taylor)
Troubling update on international status
“The former victors had no advantage; the defeated, no handicap.” & “ ‘International anarchy’ was restored.” (Taylor)
The Luftwaffe used Spain as _____
“a testing-ground” (Taylor)
Will the USSR intervene in the Spanish civil war?
“[They would] keep their promise of non-intervention only to the extent that Germany and Italy kept theirs.” (Taylor)
Franco’s foreign policy
“[Franco] had no intention of tying Spain to any foreign power or foreign cause.” (Taylor)
After the Spanish civil war, what did Britain want from Moose?
“He seemed to hold the key to peace.” & “[to] moderate Hitler” (Taylor)
Moose’s attitude in alliances
“Moose was ready to hold out promise, though not performance.” (Taylor)
USA indirectly causing WWII
“except to maintain an even-handed neutrality which usually benefited the aggressor.” & “American isolationism completed the isolation of Europe.” (Taylor)
How did the US let down the status quo?
“Great Britain and France had already too much moral capital; what they lacked was material strength.” (Taylor)
Chamberlain’s international philosophy
“nations became contented and pacific, once their claims were met.” (Taylor)
Hitler’s attitude towards Schushnigg’s referendum
“Hitler responded as though someone had trodden on a painful corn.” (Taylor)
How was Hitler’s image after Anschluss?
“he lost the asset of aggrieved morality and appeared as a conqueror” & “He had got away with murder” (Taylor)
How was Hitler after Anschluss?
“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)
To Hitler, Czechoslovakia was _____
“a perpetual reproach to Hitler, thrust far into German territory.” (Taylor)
Czechoslovakia’s canker
“a state of nationalities, not a national state” (Taylor)
Hitler _____ French and Italian capacity for aggression and resolution
“overrated” (Taylor)
German attitude to Pact of Steel
“a consolation prize for failing to secure a Triple Alliance with Japan.” (Taylor)
Germany and Japan had a _____ on where to place the international spotlight
“tug-of-war” (Taylor)
[OPINION] Hitler pining for Polish territory sans war
“To the very last minute he was battering away for the Polish offer [of giving up Danzig and the Corridor]” & “war of nerves” (Taylor)
Hitler’s later opinion of France
“He knew that they would go wherever the British led them, though acting as a brake on the road to war.” (Taylor)
Britain feared the USSR _____
“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)
[OPINION] Britain had futile progress due to _____
“incompetence” (Taylor)
[OPINION] Probably of WWII
“[WWII] had been implicit since the moment when the first war ended.” (Taylor)
