Road To War 1939 Flashcards

1
Q

What did Hitler promise to do?

A

Reverse treaty of versailles
Lebensraum
Third reich
Defeat communism

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2
Q

Main causes of WW2

A
Nazi soviet pact
Hitlers foreign policy
Appeasment 
Lon
Tov
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3
Q

Events happening in 1933?

A

Hitler becomes chancellor
Oct- leaves dissarment conference
Rearming secretly

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4
Q

Events happening in 1934?

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Hitler trues to take Austria ( anchluss) but musso puts his troops
Hitler becomes the Furhrer - leader
Non agression pact w/ poland

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5
Q

Events happening in 1935?

A
Naval agreement in 1935
Saar plebecite ( 90%)
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6
Q

Events happening in 1936?

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Remilitarisation of rhineland
Rome berlin axes ( it-ger)
Anti comintern pact - JA+ GER

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7
Q

In what year does Hitler introduces conscription?

A

In 1935

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8
Q

What did Hitler want ( territories)

A

Sudeteland
Anchluss w/ Austria
Polish Corridor
Rhineland

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9
Q

In what year was the Anglo-German agreement, and what did it state?

A

Germany increase its naval force

35% of Br army

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10
Q

Why did ger contribute in Spanish civil war

FF

A

Testing ground for mew army
Expand fascism
16,000 troops
600 aircraft

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11
Q

Why did It intervene in spanish civil war?

FF

A

Expand fascism, close relations w/ hitler
73,000 troops
175 tanks

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12
Q

Why did USSR intervene in Civil war

FF

A

Help boost communism in spain , help republicans

Ff: 900 tanks, 1000 aicraft

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13
Q

When was the re-militarisation of Rhineland?

A

1935

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14
Q

When was the rome berlin axis?

b/w what countries?

A

1936

Ger-It

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15
Q

When was the Anti-comintern pact? B/w what countries?

Why created?

A

1936, GER-JA

created after communist countries creates a comintern pact for the expansion of communism

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16
Q

When was the Axis Alliance? B/w what countries?

A

Military alliance
Ja, ger , it
Expansion of fascism

17
Q

Name of airforce of ger

A

Luftwaffe

18
Q

What was the Wehrmacht

A

Army of ger

19
Q

Name of the navy of ger

A

Kriegsmarine

20
Q

What was the Marco Polo incident? What year?

A

1937
Japanese soldiers provoked local ppl
Chinese soldiers shooted them , and japan attacked their bases around Beijing
Finally took the city

21
Q

In 1938, around hoy many Jap troops in China

A

1m

22
Q

When was Anchluss?

A

1938

23
Q

How many ppl voted for Anchluss

A

99.75%

24
Q

Consequences of Anchluss?

A

Ger becomes more powerful
Ger takes the gold + iron - rearment
Achived third reich
Br+ Fr appeased

25
Q

Why did Hitler want the Sudeteland?

A
Raw materials
Large army
Big pop
Lebensraum
Unite germans
26
Q

Meetings of Sudete

A

1938
5sep: Chamberlaim+ Hitler
Chamberlain says he will give parts of the sudete were 1/2 of pop is german
Hitler accept it
Chamberlain puts pressure of Fr+ Cz to accept

22 sep: chamberlain and hitler
Hitler increases his demands- he wants it all
Fr+ Br put their fleet to sea and mobolize troops
Ger: another meeting but w/ musso

29 septm: Br +fr+ it+ger
They give everything hit wants from sudete
X communicate Cz

1st Oct- german troops march into sudete

27
Q

Policy of appeasment

A

Trusted Hitler
Great depression - no money
No intervention of Usa
Defeat communism- hitler was useful

28
Q

Consequences of apeasment?

A

Hitler more powerful and agressive - invasion of poland & cz
Br + fr - powerless and weak
Outbreak of ww2

29
Q

When does hitler invade the rest of cz

A

March , 1939

30
Q

What was the polish guarantee?

A

Br + Fr gave poland a guarantee that if Ger invades poland, they wourld defent them

31
Q

Navi soviet pact? Year

A

1939 ( august)

32
Q

Stalins concerns:

A
  1. Hitlers plans- invade towards east ( libensraum) and defeat communism ( antix commintern pact 1936)
  2. Failure of Lon- not able to defend Cz. Not able to defend Ussr
  3. Rearment- need time to rearm the RED ARMY. Ger army STRONG
  4. Appeasment of Br+ Fr- lack of faith, and confidence
33
Q

What was the nazi-soviet pact?

A

Non - agression pact of 10 yrs between hitler and stalin

34
Q

Why did hitler pact w/ stalin?

A

Gave poland 1/2 of poland ( west) so when Hit invades poland, he would not fight the war in two shorts

35
Q

Why did Stalin pact w/ Hit?

A
  1. Gave him land from poland

2. Time to rearm- weak army ( Red army)

36
Q

Consequences of Nazi- Soviet Pact?

A

Hitler now able to invade Poland
Ussr attacjes from the west
Bf+fr uphold polish guarantee- defends poland- WAR

37
Q

Importance of navi soviet pact

A
  • made war innevitable
  • germnany starts full scale invasion
  • stalin has time to rearm
    Hitler- confidence
38
Q

When did Br declare war in Ger

A

3 sep, 1939

39
Q

Who was Seyss Inquart?

A

An austrian nazy named minister of interior when Hitler hands Kruv Von Schuschrig a list of 10 demands. And 1 of that demands is that he should name him minister of interior , to carry out anchluss