History

• Hitlers actions that caused war timeline

  1933 -Hitler started to rearm Germany 1936-Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland 1938-Hitler united with Austria 1938-Hitler demanded to take over the sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia and Britain and other countries allowed them to take it in the Munich agreement. 1939-Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia breaking the Munich agreement 1939-Hitler signs the Nazi soviet pact to both take over Poland 1939-Hitler invades Poland Britain and France declare war on Germany 1939-Hitler broke the nazi soviet pact USSR becomes ally with britain
• Treaty of Versailles (1919)-Germany was blamed for starting ww1 so they had to pay £6,600 million in compensation which made germans angry as they felt like they were being treated unfairly. This led to Hitler becoming chancellor and he wanted revenge against france and britain who signed the treaty.
• Nazi Soviet Pact (1939) -Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack eachother. They also divided up eastern europe between themselves. This meant that Britain and France couldn't rely on Russia to be their allies anymore. When Hitler attacked poland russia joined in and helped win the battle. Afterwards stalin betrayed hitler by attacking him again. This shows how unreliable alliances can be during times of war.
• Munich Agreement(1938) -Hitler demanded to take over Sudetenland part of czechoslovakia. Chamberlain agreed to this but said if he took any more land then they would go to war. However, when Hitler did take over the whole country chamberlain still refused to go to war. The Munich agreement showed how weak Britain was and gave Hitler confidence to continue expanding his empire.
• Appeasement-British policy of giving in to Hitlers demands rather than fighting him. It meant that hitler got what he wanted without having to fight for it. Appeasement failed because it didn't stop hitler from wanting more land and power. He continued to expand his empire until there was no one left to appease him.
• How did the Nazi soviet pact contribute to the outbreak of WWII

  1. It removed the threat of a two-front war for Germany B) It created mistrust between the Western powers and the Soviet Union C) It allowed Nazi Germany to invade Poland
• Reasons why appeasement was right

  1.Britain's armed forces weren't ready for war when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and appeasement allowed them to get ready 2.Hitlers demands seem reasonable people thought treaty of Versailles was too harsh. 3.They wanted to avoid another huge war with ww1 only being around 20 years ago.
• Reasons why appeasement was wrong

  1.Hitler made his ambitions clear in his autobiography Mein klampf 2.Appeasment allowed Hitler to rebuild his army and prepare for war. 3. Czechoslovakia was a democracy one of the few in Europe Chamberlain appeasement led to the destruction of Czechoslovakia and he went against the Munich agreement
• Reasons why appeasement was wrong

  1.Hitler made his ambitions clear in his autobiography Mein klampf 2.Appeasment allowed Hitler to rebuild his army and prepare for war. 3. Czechoslovakia was a democracy one of the few in Europe Chamberlain appeasement led to the destruction of Czechoslovakia and he went against the Munich agreement
• What did league of nations in response to Italy invasion of Ethiopa ?


  They put economic sanctions against Italy
• What did Stalin set for the USSR?

  His 5 year plans
• What did the enabling act of march 1933 do ?

  It granted Hitler unchecked dictatorial authority
• What did the league of nations fail to prevent

  Invasion of Ethiopa by Italy Territorial expansion by the Axis powers Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931
• What happened in the Morant Bay rebellion


  On October 7th the militia was ordered to open fire on a peaceful protest than Governor Eyre dispatched troops to stop the rebellion of the Jamaicans who were shot at it was brutal
• What is a way the Nazis controlled the publics opinion?


  Propaganda, mass rallies and parades and speeches
• What long-term consequences did the Nazi-Soviet Pact have for the post-war world order?


  It led to the division of Europe and tensions between Western powers and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
• What part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler want and why?

  The sudetenland because he said Germans were getting prosecuted but really he wanted to unite the German people and take more land for the Aeryan race to live
• Australia


  Penal colony
• Hitler's main aims


  • Undo the hated Treaty of Versailles
  • Unite all German speaking people
  • Destroy communism
  • Acquire living space in the East of Europe for the Aryan Germans
• Night of the Long Knives


  Series of political murders and arrests that took place in Nazi Germany on June 30th 1934, including people who supported Hitler
• Rebellion in Jamaica


  Morant Bay rebellion in 1865
• Schlieffen Plan


  To quickly invade France and take over it, then concentrate its forces on the Eastern front against Russia
• Secret protocol of the Nazi-Soviet Pact

  Plan to divide Eastern Europe into spheres of influence for Germany and the Soviet Union, especially Poland
• Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

  • Alsace Lorraine returned to France
  • Germany demilitarise Rhineland
  • Saarland ran by League of Nations
  • Poland was given land from Germany
  • Germany split
  • Germany forbidden to ally with Austria-Hungary
• What was the triple entente

  An alliance between Britain, Russia, France
• What were the frontier wars


  It refers to the conflict of the indigenous Aboriginal people and the European settlers
• What were the Gestapo


  The Nazis secret police force to eliminate opponents and instilling terror in communities.
• Problems with the USSR under Stalin

  • Bad housing
  • Scarce food
  • Repairs on factories were left undone
  • Machines used were not safe
  • People were arrested sometimes killed for the smallest of reasons
  • People who made mistakes in work were seen as sabotagers
• When Hitler became chancellor


  January 30th 1933
• When the war of independence happened in Ireland

  1919 and 1921
• When the Nazi-Soviet pact was signed


  August 23rd 1939
• When the Russian revolution happened

  1917
• Joseph Stalin


  The communist Russian dictator
• Captain James Cook claimed Eastern Australia for Britain
• Who was in the Triple Alliance


  • Germany
  • Austria-Hungary
  • Italy
• Russia was allied to

  Serbia, which made them join the war
• Vladimir Lenin


  The leader of the Bolsheviks
• The Romanov family, including Tsar (king) Nicholas, were killed
• Britain joined the war


  Because Germany attacked through Belgium, who was neutral and allied to Britain
• Many Germans supported Hitler because he put people back to work after the depression that created mass unemployment