Move to Global War - Vocabulary (IB History)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, concepts, treaties, and events from the Move to Global War lecture.

Appeasement

Apolicy of making concessions to agresors to avoid war, often used by Britain and France in the 1930s with Hitler and Mussolini.

Collective security

Efforts by multiple states to act together to deter or Stop aggression and maintain peace, central to the League of Nations.

League of Nations

Interwar international organization (founded 1920) aimed at preventing war; weakened by lack of major powers and enforcement limits.

Locarno Treaties

1925 agreements guaranteeing post-WW1 borders in Western Europe and allowing Germany to join the League; promoted demilitarisation of the Rhineland.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

1928 treaty in which many nations renounced war as a national policy; lacked effective enforcement.

Washington Naval Conference

1921-22 conference that set naval tonnage limits among major powers to prevent an arms race.

Tripartite Pact

1940 defensive alliance among Germany, Italy, and Japan promising mutual aid if a non‑Axis power attacked.

Rome–Berlin Axis

1966-1936 alliance between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy; precursor to the Tripartite Pact.

Pact of Steel

1939 military alliance between Germany and Italy formalizing their collaboration.

Non‑Aggression Pact (Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact)

1939 treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union pledging not to attack each other, with a secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe.

Munich Agreement

1938 pact allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia; often cited as appeasement failure.

Rhineland remilitarisation

1936 German reoccupation of the Rhineland, violating Versailles and Locarno; met with little foreign resistance.

Anschluss

1938 absorption of Austria into Nazi Germany, violated Versailles; met with limited opposition.

Sudetenland

Czechoslovak border region with a large German minority; annexed by Germany in 1938.

Abyssinia invasion

1935-36 Italy's invasion of Ethiopia (Abyssinia); led to League sanctions and the end of the Stresa Front.

Stresa Front

1935 agreement among Britain, France, and Italy to oppose German rearmament; collapsed after Abyssinia.

Dawes Plan

1924 plan that restructured German reparations and provided loans to stabilise the economy.

Young Plan

1929 agreement reducing Germany's reparations and extending payment time.

Diktat

Term used by Germans for the harsh peace terms of Versailles; associated with grievance and nationalism.

Phoney War

Early phase of WWII (late 1939–1940) with little fighting on the Western Front.

Axis Powers

The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII.

Munich Spirit/“peace in our time”

Great Britain and France’s 1938 belief that they secured lasting peace by appeasing Hitler at Munich.