rise of hitler

Question 1

what did hitler want

Answer 1

• abolish the treaty of versaille
• expand German territory
• defeat communism

Question 2

timeline of Hitler’s actions

Answer 2

1933 - took Germany out the league of nations and rearmed germany
1934 - tried to take over austria
1935 held a massive rearmament rally
1936 - installed conscription and occupied the rhineland
1937 - used germany’s new weapons in spanish civil war
1938 - took over austria and sudetenland land of czechoslovakia.
1939 - invaded rest of czechoslovakia and poland so war began

Question 3

other factors that caused ww2

Answer 3

• economic depression
• treaty weakness
• leading power actions

Question 4

rearmament

Answer 4

• 1933 he began
• did it in secret
• other countries did not disarm
• followed japan and took Germany out of the league
• got away with conscription as Britain had sympathy
• Britain helped loosen terms of the treaty as they wanted a strong germany as an allie against communism

Question 5

saar plebiscite 1935

Answer 5

• saar was a region of Germany that was controlled by the LON
• in 1935 a vote was held to see if it should be returned to Germany
• hitler fled to the saar and pressured voters with propaganda
• 90% agreed to join

Question 6

remilitarisation of the rhineland 1936

Answer 6

• USSR and France signed a treaty to protect each other against germany so hitler took this as a threat
• britain agreed with remilitarization
• he ordered the troops to pull out if france acted against them. they did not
• league did nothing as it was weak

Question 7

spanish civil war 1937

Answer 7

• republican side v right wing
• USSR supported republicans
• mussolini and hitler said they supported right wing
• britain and france refused to intervene
• germany and italy also said they would not intervene but they did as they sent troops and aircrafts
• it strengthened mussolini and hitler’s relationship
• showed hitler britain and france did not act
• USSR was suspicious of them for not acting

Question 8

anti-comintern 1937

Answer 8

• germany, italy and japan signed the anti-comintern against communism
• this alliance was a worry for britain and france

Question 9

anschluss 1938

Answer 9

• hitler wanted austria back
• austrians wanted union
• in 1934 hitler had attempted to take it but mussolini stopped it
• in 1938 they had an alliance
• hitler the people to cause chaos demanding union
• austrians chancellor appealed
• nothing happened
• chancellor called a referendum
• hitler marched his troops to pressure people to vote germany
• 99.75% voted anschluss
• britain and france increased military

Question 10

appeasement

Answer 10

• was based on hitler being trustworthy
• avoiding war at all costs
• hitler’s force was bigger than france and Britain’s
• britain needed more support to stand up to hitler
• hitler gambled and saw other get away with aggression.
  britain and france were weak because of the economic depression

Question 11

sudetenland 1938

Answer 11

• hitler threatened he would go to war with czechoslovakia
• britain, france and USSR promised to be on czechoslovakia’s side
• hitler said he only wanted parts of czech if a plebiscite showed they wanted to unify
• ## britain thought this was fair so they made a plan but hitler kept increasing his demand

Question 12

munich agreement

Answer 12

• the decision was that the sudetenland would go to germany
• they did not tell the czech or USSR which was the agreement
• hitler got what he wanted and marched his troops into the sudetenland
• hungary and poland also helped themselves to land
• czech’s had been betrayed

Question 13

end of appeasement

Answer 13

• hitler took over the rest of czechoslovakia in 1939
• britain and france did nothing
• britain and france told hitler if he invaded poland they would declare war so appeasement ended

Question 14

nazi soviet pact 1939

Answer 14

• hitler wanted poland, he thought britain and france would do nothing but wasn’t sure about USSR
• stalin was worried about hitler so he signed a treaty with france
• the munich agreement increased stalin’s concerns
• chamberlin didn’t want an alliance with USSR
• stalin met with the nazi’s and the nazi-soviet pact was signed
• they agreed not to attack each other
• in private they decided to split poland between them
• hitler had a clear path to invade poland
• britain and france demanded withdrawal
• hitler didn’t believe them and he was focused on taking USSR’s side of poland
• war was declared on germany