Unit 2- German aggression

Question 1

the act or practice of equipping a nation, a military force, etc. again with new or better weapons.

Answer 1

rearmament

Question 2

living space

Answer 2

lebensraum

Question 3

Hitler’s autobiography

Answer 3

mein kampf

Question 4

Sixty countries sent delegates to Geneva in February 1932 to consider reductions in armaments, with particular emphasis on offensive weapons.

Answer 4

world disarmament conference

Question 5

Both countries pledged to resolve their problems by bilateral negotiations and to forgo armed conflict for a period of 10 years. The agreement effectively normalised relations between Poland and Germany, which had been strained by border disputes arising from the territorial settlement in the Treaty of Versailles.

Answer 5

german-polish non-aggression pact

Question 6

an aggressor against any one state is considered an aggressor against all other states, which act together to repel the aggressor. (supposed to prevent war)

Answer 6

collective security

Question 7

A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar Basin on 13 January 1935. Over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany, with 9% voting for the status quo as a League of Nations mandate territory and less than 0.5% opting for unification with France.

Answer 7

saar plebiscite

Question 8

coalition of France, Britain, and Italy formed in April 1935, to oppose Adolf Hitler’s announced intention to rearm Germany, which violated terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

Answer 8

stresa front

Question 9

Provisions of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany (defeated in World War I) to station armed forces in a demilitarized zone in the Rhineland—a region in western Germany bordering France, Belgium, and part of the Netherlands. The treaty stipulated that Allied forces—including US troops—would occupy the region. In a blatant violation of the treaty, on March 7, 1936, Hitler ordered German troops to reoccupy the zone.

Answer 9

remilitarization of the rhineland

Question 10

the civil war from 1936 to 1939 in which insurgent nationalists, led by General Franco, succeeded in overthrowing the republican government

Answer 10

spanish civil war

Question 11

a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the government of Spain until 1973 and the head of state until his death in 1975

Answer 11

francisco franco

Question 12

Monday 26 April 1937, the Basque town of ____________ was bombed by German and Italian air forces at the request of the Spanish Nationalists under the command of General Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.

Answer 12

Bombing of Guernica

Question 13

Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany

Answer 13

Rome-Berlin Axis

Question 14

an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan, that they would work together to stop the spread of Communism around the globe

Answer 14

Anti-Comintern Pact

Question 15

historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans

Answer 15

Sudetenland

Question 16

In the summer of 1938 Hitler demanded the annexation of the Sudetenland into Germany. At this point Hitler was aware that the Allies were desperate to avoid war, and thought it likely that they would appease his demands.

Hitler threatened war over the issue of the Sudetenland. On 29 – 30 September 1938 the British, Italian, French and German leaders met in Munich to discuss the issue.

The Allies agreed to concede the Sudetenland to Germany in exchange for a pledge of peace. This agreement was known as the Munich Pact.

Answer 16

Sudetenland Crisis

Question 17

a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, and the Prime Minister of France who signed the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II.

Answer 17

Edouard Daldier

Question 18

a statesman, foreign minister, and president, as well as a founder of modern Czechoslovakia. He forged its Western-oriented foreign policy between World Wars I and II but capitulated to Adolph Hitler’s demands during the Czech crisis of 1938.

Answer 18

Edvard Benes

Question 19

settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia.

Answer 19

Munich Conference/ Agreement

Question 20

a phrase used by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938 after signing the Munich Agreement by which Britain, France and Italy allowed Hitler to take control of a part of Czechoslovakia.

Answer 20

“Peace in our time”

Question 21

prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. He is best known for his role in the Munich Agreement of 1938 which ceded parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitler and is now the most popular example of the foreign policy known as appeasement.

Answer 21

Neville Chamberlain

Question 22

an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War

Answer 22

Winston Churchill

Question 23

Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain’s policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s

Answer 23

Appeasement

Question 24

The military alliance between the United Kingdom and Poland for mutual assistance in case of a military invasion from Nazi Germany, as specified in a secret protocol.

Answer 24

Anglo-Polish Treaty 1939

Question 25

Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin in 1939 not to attack one another and to divide Poland. Significant because the pact allowed Germany to take Poland without any interference from the USSR, allowing further power to be gained

Answer 25

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Question 26

Foreign Ministers of Russia and Germany

Answer 26

Molotov and Ribbentrop

Question 27

a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

Answer 27

Joseph Stalin

Question 28

a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II.

Answer 28

Invasion of Poland