Britain was sensitive to German naval activity. When
the Panther was sent to Agadir which British naval
base was it near?
What three sanctions did the League of Nations have:
Moral sanctions—condemn an action.
Economic sanctions—stop trade with an aggressor.
Gibraltar.
As a result of the 1911 Moroccan Crisis France signed
a secret agreement with France. The French would
defend the Mediterranean, where did Britain agree to
defend?
Military sanctions—raise and army to fight an
aggressor.
As a result of the 1905/6 Moroccan Crisis what
agreement was signed?
The North Coast of France
The 1907 Anglo-Russian Agreement [to cooperate,
especially over issues like Persia and Tibet.]
Why wasn’t Germany allowed to join the League in
1919?
What was Collective Security?
The idea that all countries in the League would come
together to put pressure on offending nations.
It had to prove it was a peaceful country.
Japan got away with the invasion of Manchuria.
Inspired by this where did Mussolini invade?
Abyssinia
A class between troops at what oasis was Italy’s
excuse to invade Abyssinia?
Wal-Wal
Name the 4 permanent members of the League of
Nations Council in 1919.
In 1905 the Kaiser went to Tangier. What did he
announce once he was there?
France, GB, Japan and Italy
Moroccan Independence
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How did the British prepare for war after the
Sudetenland Crisis?
By what year had the British effectively won the Naval
Race?
1911
Increased arms spending eg on spitfires.
Which country from the British Empire agreed to
support Britain during the Munich Crisis?
Canada
During the Munich Crisis how did Britain prepare for
war?
Evacuate children and dig air raid trenches.
What was the name of the new super battleship
launched in 1906?
What was the slogan used by the British people in
1909 when they demanded more Dreadnoughts?
HMS Dreadnought
We want eight and we won’t wait.
How did the British prepare for war after the
occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939?
Why did Hitler want to sign a deal with Stalin in
August 1939?
Brought in conscription in peacetime.
To avoid fighting a war on two fronts.
In private the Nazi-Soviet Pact was what?
HMS dreadnought had fewer guns but they were
heavier with a longer range and so could beat any
older ship. What did the Germans call these older
ships?
An agreement to divide up Poland.
Funf minute [five minute] ships.
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How many times did Neville Chamberlain fly to
Germany to deal with the Sudeten Crisis?
3 times
How did giving up the Sudetenland affect
Czechoslovakia?
Economically crippled—lost 70% heavy industry and /
or militarily crippled—lost border forts and Skoda
arms work.
How many Austrians were arrested when the
Germans occupied the country in 1938?
What did Hitler do to persuade President Hacha to
invite him to send troops into Czechoslovakia in
March 1939?
Threaten to bomb Prague.
Which group was founded to remove Austria-Hungary
from Bosnian as a result of the Bosnian Crisis?
The Black Hand
Who, notably, was not invited to the Munich
Conference over the future of Czechoslovakia?
President Benes of Czechoslovakia and / or Stalin of
USSR
80,000
Why did Serbia claim Bosnia in 1908?
Why did Russia back down during the Bosnian Crisis?
Because Ethnic Serbs lived there.
It had just lost a war with Japan and needed time to
rebuild its army.
What percentage of people voted in favour of Austria
joining with Germany in 1938?
99.75%
Why did Hitler want to join with Austria?
To unite with German speaking people.
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What were Hitler’s three Foreign Policy aims?
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United all German speakers
2
Lebensraum—living space in the East.
3
Make Germany strong / get rid of Treaty of
Versailles.
What event distracted the French and British
government from acting against the Remilitarization
of the Rhineland?
The Kaiser wanted colonies. What phrase was used to
describe this?
Our place in the sun.
Who did Hitler sign a Non-Aggression Pact with in
1934?
The Italian invasion of Abyssinia 1935
Poland
The Kaiser’s Foreign Policy was to make Germany a
weltpolitik. What does weltpolitik mean?
The 1935 Anglo-German Naval treaty allowed the
Germany what size of navy?
World Power
35% of the British navy.
How many troops did Hitler march into the Rhineland
in March 1936?
What do words describe the Alliances before 1914.
Secret and Defensive
22,000
How did President Schuschnigg try to undermine
Hitler’s demand for Anschluss?
Name one territory lost by Germany in the East AND
West and say who it went to.
West: Alsace & Lorraine—France; Eupen &
Malmedy—Belgium; North Schleswig—Denmark; Saar
to League of Nations.
Call a vote [plebiscite] on the issue.
East Posen, Polish Corridor Upper Silesia to Poland;
Memel to Lithuania; Danzig to League of Nartions.
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Why didn’t the British and French put economic
sanctions on Italy after the invasion of Abyssinia?
Coal sanctions would mean less jobs for British miners
and steel sanctions, less jobs for French workers.
Why were oil sanctions not put on Italy during the
Abyssinians crisis?
America, the main source of oil, was not in the League
so did not have to apply sanctions.
Name two military restrictions that Clemenceau want
to make France safe?
Any of the following reduced army to 100,000, no
conscription, no aircraft, poison gas, demilitarization
of the Rhineland, no tanks.
Approximately how much of Germany’s iron & steel
and coal industry?
The Schlieffen Plan had 6 weeks to work. What event
meant it had to begin or lost the element of surprise?
Mobilization of the Russian Army.
On 6th July 1914 the Kaiser agreed to whatever action
the Austria-Hungarian government wanted to take.
This was known as what?
The Blank Cheque
Name one military restriction that Lloyd George
demand to protect British interests in the Treaty of
Versailles?
No submarines and / or only 6 warships of 10,000
tons.
How many times had Count von Hotzendorf of
Austria-Hungary attempt to declare war on Serbia
between January 1913 and June 1914?
50% Iron and Steel.
10% of coal
25
Who shot Franz Ferdinand?
Why did the Serbs reject point 6 of the 10 demands
made on the after the assassination of Franz
Ferdinand?
Point 6—to influence the justice system.
Garvilo Princip
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What three sanctions did the League of Nations have:
Moral sanctions—condemn an action.
Why did America—Japan’s largest trading partner—
put economic sanctions on Japan after the
Manchurian invasion?
Economic sanctions—stop trade with an aggressor.
Military sanctions—raise and army to fight an
aggressor.
Why didn’t Britain and France use economic sanctions
against Japan after the Manchurian incident?
The USA was not in the League so did not have to.
Give three reasons why the Schlieffen Plan failed?
Russia mobilised quicker than thought.
Britain declared war on Germany and the British army went
to Belgium's aid.
They did not want to lose trade with the Far East
during the Depression.
Why did the Germans invent the Schlieffen Plan?
To avoid a war on two fronts.
Belgium fought back.
The plan was over ambitious—troops couldn’t march that
far.
The secret Hoare-Laval Pact offered Italy how much of
Abyssinia if Italy allowed the Abyssinians some land.
Two-thirds [the best 2/3rds.]
What was the Japanese excuse for invading
Manchuria?
What Treaty had both Britain and Germany signed to
respect Belgium ‘s independence.
That Chinese troops had blown up the Japanese
owned railway.
Treaty of London 1839
Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
In response to the Wall Street Crash –to find markets
for its goods and somewhere its surplus population
could move to.
Why didn’t America join the League?
Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
and / or America had become isolationist and refused
to be involved with other countries international
disputes.
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