Road to War – Questions
1. What were the 3 aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy?
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2. What was Lebensraum?
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3. What was Anschluss?
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4. What were the six steps to war, 1935–1939?
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5. What is conscription?
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6. What date did Hitler introduce conscription in Germany?
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7. When did Hitler reoccupy the Rhineland?
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8. How many soldiers did Hitler’s army have when he reoccupied the Rhineland, and what were their orders?
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9. What did Chamberlain give Hitler at Munich?
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10. What was the date of the Munich agreement?
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11. When did Hitler invade Poland?
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12. When did Britain declare war on Germany?
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13. What was ‘appeasement’?
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14. Give an example of someone who agreed with Chamberlain’s policy.
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15. Give an example of someone who disagreed with Chamberlain’s policy.
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16. What date did Hitler invade Austria?
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17. During the Sudeten crisis, Chamberlain met Hitler on three occasions – where, and when?
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18. Why did Chamberlain decide not to help Czecholsovakia?
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19. There are 19 reasons why Chamberlain appeased Hitler; can you remember 10 of them?
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20. What did Chamberlain call the Munich agreement?
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21. What did Churchill call it?
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22. When did Hitler march into the Sudetenland?
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23. When did Hitler invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?
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24. What was Kristallnacht, and why did it turn British people away from appeasement?
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25. What was the ‘National register’, which was set up in December 1938?
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26. What were Londoners given in January to prepare them for war?
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27. What did the Civil Defence Act of April 1939 say?
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28. What was the act which introduced conscription in England, and what date was it passed?
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29. What was the name of the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler?
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30. What was the date of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
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31. Give four reasons why Britain did not manage to make an alliance with Russia?
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32. Give four reasons why Germany did manage to make an alliance with Russia?
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? John D Clare 2005