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the outbreak of war Flashcards

9.1A, 9.1B, 9.2, 9.3

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in what year was the Nazi- Soviet Pact formed?

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1939

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2
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what deal did Hitler make with Stalin?

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if the USSR allowed Hitler to invade Poland, the USSR would be given Polish territory

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why didn’t the USSR trust Britain and France?

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  • 1938- the Allies signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler- Stalin was not consulted and he lost faith in the countries
  • 1934- USSR and France signed an agreement- France would protect Russia from German invasion- Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland- France did nothing- the French could not stop an act of aggression on their own doorstep- let alone in the USSR
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in what year did Hitler invade Russia?

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1941

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why did Russia sign the Nazi- Soviet Pact?

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  • Hitler & Stalin agreed to split Poland between them- Stalin could destroy Poland and reclaim land- Hitler would do all the fighting
  • owning territory in Poland would create a buffer zone which would be useful if Hitler invaded Russia
  • Stalin felt isolated- it was better to be allies with Hitler than to get invaded by him
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why was the Nazi-Soviet Pact good for Hitler?

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he could now invade Poland without having a war on both sides

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what date did Hitler invade Poland?

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1st September 1939

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what date did Britain and France declare war on Germany?

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3rd September 1939

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9
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what time did Hitler invade Poland?

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4.45am

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where did Hitler invade Poland?

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Danzig

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how much of Danzig was German?

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90%

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how many divisions of the Germany army and Luftwaffe invaded Poland?

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  • 62 divisions of the Germany army
  • 1300 Luftwaffe aeroplanes
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what happened on 3rd September 1939?

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  • Britain sent an ultimatum to Germany
  • the Germans were to send assurance to Britain that they would withdraw their troops from Poland by 11am or Britain would be in a state of war with Germany and they would send troops to Europe
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what were the causes of the Second World War?

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  • Hitler
  • the failure of the LoN
  • the Nazi- Soviet Pact
  • Appeasement
  • the Depression
  • the ToV
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why was Hitler a cause of the second World War?

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  • Hitler wanted to overturn the ToV and take Lebensraum
  • foreign policy- overturn ToV, create a Greater Germany, unite German- speaking people and get Lebensraum
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why was the League of Nations failing a cause of the second World War?

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  • the Abyssinian crisis- no army- no action- also showed Britain and France would undermine the League and that acts of aggression would not be taken seriously
  • failure in Manchuria- showed the League was weak
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why was the Depression a cause of the Second World War?

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  • desperate people turned to dictators like Hitler and Mussolini
  • the League could not afford to put economic sanctions on aggressors
  • desperate countries were too busy to solve their own financial problems that there was less international cooperation in the League
18
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how was appeasement a cause of the Second World War?

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  • opportunities to stop Hitler were missed e.g. in the Rhineland
  • people were desperate to avoid the horrors of the First World War
  • Munich Agreement alienated Stalin who then turned to Hitler and signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact
  • Chamberlain trusted Hitler too easily
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how did the Nazi- Soviet Pact contribute to the outbreak of the Second World War?

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  • Hitler did not have to face a war on 2 fronts
  • Hitler was backed up by the USSR
  • Hitler could invade Poland, which Britain and France promised to protect
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how did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the outbreak of the Second World War?

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  • too harsh on Germany
  • Hitler promised to “Right the wrong of the Treaty”
  • Britain felt Hitler should be able to overturn the Treaty- did not intervene to prevent events like Anschluss
  • territory was taken from Russia to create Poland- Russia wanted this back so signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact

history- Conflict & Tension 1918-1939 (part 3) (2 decks)

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