The Coming of War

Question 1

What was the name of the treaty imposed on Germany in 1918?

Answer 1

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

Did the British public expect war during the earlier stages of Nazi aggression?

Answer 2

No. They thought that the last war was The War To End All Wars, and believed in the League of Nations to keep peace

Question 3

When did Hitler become führer?

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

What were Hitler’s main aims?

Answer 4

• To unite all German speaking people in one country
• To gain Lebenstraum (living space)
• To restore Germany as a great power

Question 5

What were some clauses of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

• The army could only number 100,000
• Conscription was not allowed
• Germany couldn’t have tanks or an air force
• Significantly reduced Navy without submarines

Question 6

Which area of Germany was demilitarised until 1936?

Answer 6

The Rhineland

Question 7

When did Germany leave the League of Nations?

Answer 7

1933

Question 8

What was the League of Nations?

Answer 8

A peacekeeping organization, established in the wake of ww1. Its aim was to stop another conflict from breaking out. Hitler left it in 1933.

Question 9

What was the rearmament program?

Answer 9

Germany rebuilding military against treaty of Versailles. It happened in 1933 and in secret: army size was tripled.

Question 10

What did hitler do to increase the army size?

Answer 10

He introduced conscription.

Question 11

How far was Hitler able to increase the army size by conscription?

Answer 11

550,000

Question 12

When was the Rhineland remilitarized?

Answer 12

7th March 1936. This was against the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 13

What did Germany offer Britain after the remiliterization of the Rhineland?

Answer 13

A 25 year non-aggression pact

Question 14

What was the German invasion of Austria called?

Answer 14

Anschluss

Question 15

What happened in Austria in 1934?

Answer 15

A plebiscite on if Austria should join Germany

Question 16

When did the second Anschluss take place?

Answer 16

In April 1938, when 99.75 percent of the population agreed to it.

Question 17

What was the reaction of Britain and France to the Anschluss?

Answer 17

They protested but didn’t act

Question 18

What happened to the opponents of the Anschluss?

Answer 18

80,000 were put in concentration camps and many were simply eliminated

Question 19

How many German speaking people were there in the Sudetenland?

Answer 19

3 million

Question 20

Why was the Sudetenland given away?

Answer 20

For appeasement

Question 21

How did Hitler try and legitimize his conquest of the Sudetenland?

Answer 21

By asking its leader to call for independence

Question 22

Why did Hitler want the Sudetenland?

Answer 22

Because it was rich in resources and well fortified, alongside hosting German speaking people

Question 23

What did Chamberlain do in order to secure peace?

Answer 23

On 15th September 1938, he and the French premier forced the prime minister of Czechoslovakia to surrender the Suddetenland

Question 24

What did Britain and France say in relation to the rest of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 24

They would guarantee its independence