Test your Understanding:

    Road to War

 
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What were the 3 aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy?  
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To abolish the Treaty of Versailles

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To expand German territory

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To defeat Communism

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What was Lebensraum?  
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'Living space' - room for the growing German population, especially in eastern Europe.

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What was Anschluss?  
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'Union' - specifically between Germany and Austria

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What were the six steps to war, 1935–1939?  
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Rearmament (1933 onwards)

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Rhineland (7 March 1936)

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Austria (11 March 1938)

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Sudetenland (1 October 1938)

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Czechoslovakia (15 March 1939)

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Poland (1 September 1939)

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What is conscription?  
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Calling up men to join the army.  

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What date did Hitler introduce conscription in Germany?  
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1935.

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When did Hitler reoccupy the Rhineland?  
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7 March 1936

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How many soldiers did Hitler’s army have when he reoccupied the Rhineland, and what were their orders?  
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22,000; they had orders to retreat if the French tried to stop them.

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What did Chamberlain give Hitler at Munich?  
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The Sudetenland - the Czechs were not consulted.

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What was the date of the Munich agreement?  
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29 September 1938

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When did Hitler invade Poland?  
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1 September 1939

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When did Britain declare war on Germany?  
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3 September 1939

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What was ‘appeasement’?  
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Giving a bully what he wants - specifically, buying peace by giving Hitler everything he wanted.

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Give an example of someone who agreed with Chamberlain’s policy.  
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The Daily Express

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Most of the British people

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The French premier Daladier

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Give an example of someone who disagreed with Chamberlain’s policy.  
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Winston Churchill

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What date did Hitler invade Austria?  
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11 March 1938

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During the Sudeten crisis, Chamberlain met Hitler on three occasions – where, and when?
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Berchtesgaden (15 September 1938)

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Bad Godesberg (22 September 1938)

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Munich (29 September 1938)

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Why did Chamberlain decide not to help Czecholsovakia?  
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it was 'a far away country' - 'You only have to look at the map to see that nothing we could do could possibly save Czechoslovakia'

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it was a quarrel 'between peoples of whom we know nothing'

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'War is a fearful thing, and we must be very clear before we embark on it that it is really the great issues which are at stake'.

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'I am myself a man of peace to the depths of my soul'.

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There are 19 reasons why Chamberlain appeased Hitler; can you remember 10 of them?  
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Approval

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Britain was weak

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Communism

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Democracy

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Empire

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France

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German propaganda

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Home

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Ist World War

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Justice

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Kost

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League of Nations

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Morality

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Neville Chamberlain

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Out of sight, out of mind

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Peace Movement

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Quit

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Remote

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Spanish Civil War

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What did Chamberlain call the Munich agreement?  
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'Peace for our time.'

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What did Churchill call it?  
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'A total defeat'.

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When did Hitler march into the Sudetenland?  
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1 October 1938

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When did Hitler invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?  
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15 March 1939

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What was Kristallnacht, and why did it turn British people away from appeasement?  
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Nazi attacks on the Jews (8 November 1938) - it showed that Hitler was a monster.

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What was the ‘National register’, which was set up in December 1938?  
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A register of who would do what if there was a war

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What were Londoners given in January to prepare them for war?  
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Anderson air-raid shelters

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What did the Civil Defence Act of April 1939 say?  
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It made plans to evacuate women and children to the countryside.

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What was the act which introduced conscription in England, and what date was it passed?  
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The Military Training Act (1 May 1939)

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What was the name of the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler?  
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Pact of Steel (22 May 1939)

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What was the date of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?  
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23 August 1939

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Give four reasons why Britain did not manage to make an alliance with Russia?  
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Suspicion

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Choice

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Appeasement

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Britain delayed

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Give four reasons why Germany did manage to make an alliance with Russia?
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Time to prepare for war

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Hope to gain

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Unhappy with Britain

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Germany