Rearmament

This quiz is about rearmament. The Nazi view was that the health of a nation depended upon constant struggle against other nations and that th German race needed Lebensraum (living space). These views meant that military power was necessary.

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1. In which year did Hitler issue a secret memo declaring that the economy must be reorganised to make Germany able to wage war within four years?

  • 1935
  • 1933
  • 1937
  • 1936
  • 1934
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2. Hitler's 'Four Year Plan' had many effects on German economy. One of these was that government spending on rearmament increased...

  • from 2.6 billion marks in 1933, to 26.5 billion marks in 1939
  • from 6 million marks in 1933, to 18 billion marks in 1939
  • from 3 million marks in 1933, to 35 million marks in 1939
  • from 3.5 billion marks in 1933, to 26 billion marks in 1939
  • from 5 billion marks in 1933, to 25 billion marks in 1939

3. Also as a result of Hitler's 'Four Year Plan', the army's need for iron and steel increased - German production of these...

  • increased by 63% from 1933 to 1939
  • doubled from 1933 to 1939
  • trebled from 1933 to 1939
  • quadrupled from 1933 to 1939

4. The government wanted to reduce the damage a naval blockade might do so they boosted German production of products like plastics (increased by 460% in the 1930s), oil and rubber.

  • True
  • False

5. In 1933 the German Army numbered:

  • 100,000
  • 50,000
  • 150,000
  • 200,000
  • 500,000

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Emmathehorse

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best quiz ever!

Martha Boyd

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Thank you Emma! :P

Olive d(>w<)b

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This was really difficult... but thanks to guesswork, I got FULL MARKS!

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