✓ The reasons for the German invasion of Poland in 1939 - TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS IN G'S RELATIONS WITH POLAND (not incl notes)

Question 1

When did the local Nazi Party win elections in Danzig?

Answer 1

28 May 1933

Question 2

When did Germany & Poland sign a Non-Aggression Pact?

Answer 2

26 January 1934

Question 3

When was the plebiscite in the Saar that voted to rejoin Germany?

Answer 3

13 January 1935

Question 4

When did Germany re-introduce conscription & announce it’s rearming?

Answer 4

16 March 1935

Question 5

When did G troops reoccupy the Rhineland?

Answer 5

7 March 1936

Question 6

When was the Rome-Berlin Axis between Italy & G that promised mutual support short of war?

Answer 6

1 November 1936

Question 7

When was the German-Polish minorities treaty signed that guaranteed the right of Gs/Ps in P/G?

Answer 7

5 November 1937

Question 8

When did Germany take Austria (Anschluss)?

Answer 8

11-13 March 1938

Question 9

When did Germany take the Sudetenland (part of Cz)?

Answer 9

1 October 1938

Question 10

When did G invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 10

15 March 1939

Question 11

When did G take the free city of Memel after the Nazis won elections there?

Answer 11

23 March 1939

Question 12

When do Br + Fr offer Poland a guarantee to help it stay independent

Answer 12

Br = 30 March 1939
Fr = May 1939

Question 13

When did G + Italy sign the Pact of Steel (support includes war)?

Answer 13

22 May 1939

Question 14

When did G & USSR sign Non-Aggression Pact?

Answer 14

23 August 1939