WW2

Cards (27)

  • The Treaty of Versailles, which imposed harsh conditions on Germany, contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
  • Treaty of Versailles: Germany was forced to pay reparations, surrender territory, and disarm
  • Failure of Appeasement: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other western leaders enabled Adolf Hitler to become increasingly aggressive in his foreign policies due to their willingness to appease Nazi Germany
  • the act of giving the opposing side in an argument or war an advantage that they have demanded, in order to prevent further disagreement
  • Failure of the League of Nations: The failure of the League of the nations led to economic depression, renewed nationalism, weakened successor states and feeling of humiliation mostly in Germany.The League of nations was formed to prevent a repetition of World war 1 but within 2 decades the effort failed.
  • Munich Agreement: In September 1938, Britain and France agreed with Italy and Germany that Czechoslovakia would cede part of its border region called Sudetenland to Germany
  • Annexe - To take over part of someone else's country without going to war with them
  • Appeasement: A policy of making concessions to another country or person in order to avoid conflict or war
  • Anschluss: The union between Austria and Germany under the leadership of Hitler
  • Imperial Japanese Navy: Japan invaded French Indochina
  • Fascism:Hitler destroyed all political opposition, invaded countries across Europe and launched WW2 in partnership with Mussolini.
  • German army limited to 100,000 men
  • Germany was forced to pay reparations (compensation) to France and Belgium
  • The Treaty of Versailles made Germany responsible for starting World War One
  • Sudetenland - German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia
  • Hitler became Chancellor on January 30th 1933
  • Hitler's foreign policy aims:
    1. Abolish\overturn the Treaty of Versailles.His determination to overturn the Treaty of Versailles led to the outbreak of World War 2
    2. He adopted Lebensraum(Germany's expansion). He was determined to regain all the land Germany had lost as a result of the Treaty of Versailles and unite all the German Speaking people into one empire
    3. Defeat communism
  • Hitler wanted to create an alliance with Italy and Japan.
  • On September 1st 1939 Germany invaded Poland
  • In March 1936 Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland which was against the terms of the treaty of versailles
  • Britain and France were not prepared for war so they appeased Hitler by giving him what he wanted
  • Benito Mussolini was the leader of fascism in Italy and was the dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
  • Benito Mussolini propagated the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 due to revenge for the loss of war by Italians during the battle of Adwa
    b) he wanted to exploit resources in abyssinia to help deal with the economic depression in Italy
  • Japanese expansionist policies led them to take over Manchuria in China in 1931
  • Mussolini joined forces with Hitler in 1936
  • Neglect of minority interests: Minority groups like the Austrians were ignored when new boundaries were being drawn . This created feelings of betrayal and revenge
  • Tojo Hideki was a Japanese dictatorial leader