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