To destroy the Treaty of Versailles, to destroy Communism, to unite the Volksdeutsch (German-speaking people) and Lebensraum to the east
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What war did Hitler send troops and weapons to support the nationalists led by General Franco against the Republicans (a group of communists, socialists and democrats)?
the Spanish Civil War
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How many men did Hitler announce he was expanding the army to at the Freedom to Rearm Rally in 1935?
1 million
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Name two reasons why Britain followed the policy of appeasement.
To prevent another war and because of guilt over the Treaty of Versailles
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What agreement did Hitler sign with Britain in 1935 which allowed him to build a navy a third of the size of Britain's and half as many submarines?
the Anglo-German Naval Agreement
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What was the name of the Chancellor who was murdered by the Nazis in their failed attempt to take over Austria in 1934?
Engelbert Dollfuss
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What was the name of the agreement signed by Hitler and Japan in 1936 where they agreed to work together to stop the spread of communism?
the Anti-Comintern Pact
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During what event did Hitler's generals advise him to withdraw as he did not have enough men to fight if Britain and France opposed him?
the remilitarisation of the Rhineland
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What did Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg decided to do to try and stop Anschluss after Hitler had threatened to invade, but Hitler demanded it was postponed?
hold a plebiscite
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What was the name of the formal alliance signed between Hitler and Mussolini in 1939 (later joined by Japan in 1940) which agreed they would fight together in any war?
the Pact of Steel
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What was the agreement signed by Hitler and Chamberlain in 1939 which gave Hitler the Sudetenland if he promised not to make any more claims and both sides promised to resolve any further problems peacefully?
the Munich Agreement
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What two countries were particularly upset about not being invited to the negotiations with Hitler over the Sudetenland
the USSR & Czechoslovakia
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What country did Germany and the USSR agree to split between them in the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
Poland
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Which British politician and future Prime Minister was a vocal critic of the policy of appeasement?
Winston Churchill
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What distracted the leaders of France from focusing on the threat of Hitler?
They had their own problems at home due to the Great Depression, with the possibility of a revolution
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What were the six main causes of the Second World War?
- appeasement
- the Treaty of Versailles
- the failure of the League of Nations
- Hitler's actions/German aggression
- the Nazi-Soviet Pact
- the Great Depression/the rise of dictators
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Card 2
Front
What war did Hitler send troops and weapons to support the nationalists led by General Franco against the Republicans (a group of communists, socialists and democrats)?
Back
the Spanish Civil War
Card 3
Front
How many men did Hitler announce he was expanding the army to at the Freedom to Rearm Rally in 1935?
Back
Card 4
Front
Name two reasons why Britain followed the policy of appeasement.
Back
Card 5
Front
What agreement did Hitler sign with Britain in 1935 which allowed him to build a navy a third of the size of Britain's and half as many submarines?
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