world war 2

Question 1

main causes of ww2

Answer 1

treaty of versailles
hitlers foreign policy aims
hitlers actions
the munich conference (1938)
weakness of the league of nations
policy of appeasement 
nazi-soviet pact

Question 2

1. treaty of versailles

Answer 2

signed after ww1

• germany signed war guilt accepting full responsibility
• payed £6.6 billion in reparations
• army reduced to 100,000
• union with austria forbidden

Question 3

2. hitlers foreign policy aims

Answer 3

• unite all german speaking people to form greater germany (grossdeutchland)
• abolish treaty of versailles
• get lebensraum (living space) in eastern europe

Question 4

3. hitlers actions

Answer 4

1935 - rearmament began
1936 - remilitarised the rhineland
1938 - united germany & austria (anschluss)

Question 5

4. the munich conference (1938)

Answer 5

• britain (chamberlain), france (daladier) & italy (mussolini) discussed Sudetenland issue
• czechs forced 2 hand over sudetenland
• hitler took over rest of Czechoslovakia 6 months l8r

Question 6

5. weakness of the league of nations

Answer 6

• failed 2 stop hitler, japan or mussolini from expanding beyond their borders
• america didn’t join
• all decisions had 2 b unanimous
• the league had no way to protect weak countries

Question 7

6. policy of appeasement

Answer 7

britain & france believed if they gave in 2 hitlers demands then they would prevent war
hitler took advantage of this

Question 8

7. nazi-soviet pact

Answer 8

1939 - hitler & stalin signed nazi-soviet pact

1. 10 yrs non-aggression pact
2. to divide poland between them