Who What Where When Why Flashcards
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
March 1918 between Germany and USSR, recognizing German victory on Eastern front
Treaty of Versailles
June 1919 at Paris Peace Conference after WWI
Locarno Treaties
1925 in Locarno between France, Germany, Belgium, Britain, and Italy, to bind Versailles’ conditions of Germany’s western border
World Disarmament Conference
1932-1933 at Geneva attended by delegates from 60 countries, to reduce armaments (especially offensive weapons)
Germany exits Disarmament Conference and LoN
October 1933
Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact
January 1934, Poland is free from French alliance and Hitler is free from Polish threat
Night of Long Knives
Starting 30 June 1934, removing Hitler’s opposition and gaining respect
Murder of Austrian Chancellor
25 July 1934, Austrian Nazis murder Engelbert Dollfuss inspired by Night of Long Knives
Hitler announces open rearmament and conscription
March 1935, against Versailles
Stresa Front
Starting April 1935 in Stresa between Italy, France, and Britain
Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance
May 1935, due to mutual suspicion of Germany
Czech-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance
May 1935, due to mutual suspicion of Germany
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
18 June 1935 between Germany and Britain, limiting size of the German navy to that of the Royal British Navy
Remilitarization of Rhineland
7 March 1936, of German troops reoccupying the Rhineland
Spanish Civil War
1936-1939 between fascist Spaniard rebels and Spanish republican government with foreign aid
Rome-Berlin Axis
1936 between Italy and Germany
Hossbach Memorandum
5 November 1937 in Berlin between Hitler and his military and foreign policy leadership, meeting regarding Hitler’s aspirations and desired opportunities
Anschluss Referendum
April 1938 in Austria by Schuschnigg, on the Austrian question
Treaty of Union
12 March 1938 between Seyss-Inquart and Hitler, turning Austria from a sovereign state to a German province
Munich Agreement
September 1938 between Italy, France, and Britain, allowing Hitler the Sudetenland but not the rest of Czechoslovakia with concessions
Occupation of Czechoslovakia
March 1939 between Hacha and Hitler, occupying and making Czechoslovakia a German ally with military threat
Repudiating Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact
April 1939 by Germany, to take Danzig and Corridor
Pact of Steel
22 May 1939 between Germany and Italy, formally allied to spook status quo
Repudiating 1934 Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact and 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement
28 April 1939 by Germany, as threat to take Danzig and Corridor
Nazi-Soviet (Molotov-Ribbentrop) Pact
23 August 1939 between Germany and USSR to prevent Soviet intervention in German invasion of Poland
Deadline for Polish diplomat
30 August 1939 by Hitler to Henderson in Berlin, for Polish diplomat who could speak on behalf of Polish government
Operation Himmler
Starting night of 31 August 1939 by German soldiers dressed as Polish soldiers, attacking German establishments for sabotage and propaganda as Polish aggression
Invasion of Poland
1 September 1939 by Germany