Paper #1: (2.3-2.5)/Diplomacy in Europe 1935-1939

Enabling Act

allowed Hitler to become dictator.

Saar Plebiscite

small territory that Hitler took over by vote.

Remilitarization of Rhineland

against the treaty of Versailles, there was no resistence.

“his own back garden”

how France and Britain condoned Hitler remilitarizing the rhineland

Spanish Civil War

Hitler helped Franco (the nationalists); acted as a training camp for WWII.

lebensraum

living space

anschluss

unification of Germany and Austria (used a plebiscite (voting) to gain the territory).

Sudeten Crisis

Hitler began petitioning to take over the sudetenland

may crisis

rumors spread that Hitler changed his mind and started mobilizing troops for invasion.

Munich Confrence

GREATEST EXAMPLE OF APPEASEMENT, Hitler was given the Sudetenland but Czechoslovakia would remain independent ←in reality he took it anyway.

Polish Corridor

Hitler wanted it, invasion of it directly caused WWII.

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary

Allied Powers

Poland, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, China

Pact of Steel

alliance between Japan, Italy, and Germany.

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Hitler and Stalin met and secretly divided Poland

Blitzkrieg

lightening war, fast bombing and decision making.