Road to WWII Test

1st theme of Mein Kampf (written)

Undo Results of WWI and Treaty of Versailles

2nd theme of Mein Kampf (written)

Make Germany #1 power in Europe

3rd theme of Mein Kampf (written)

Strongly anti-communist

4th theme of Mein Kampf (written)

Germans rule the world

5th theme of Mein Kampf (written)

Blamed the Jews for German defeat in WWI

Germany after WWI

Depression, inflation hyperinflation, unemployment, political Instability

Italy after WWI

Inflation, depression, politically unstable, fascism

Russia / USSR after WWI

political instability

Great Britain / United Kingdom after WWI

end of British supremacy in the world, depression, isolationism

What countries did Great Britain / United Kingdom lose after WWI?

Ireland, Canada, Australia, will lose India

France after WWI

Political Instability not very strong leaders, strong militarily

Benito Mussolini (Italy)

fascism, wanted to restore Italy's power in the Mediterranean (Roman Empire)

What is fascism?

anticommunist, nation & race are more important than the individual, strong central government (totalitarian dictator), use fear & intimidation to win people over

Benito Mussolini of Italy was what kind of dictator?

totalitarian dictator

Josef Stalin (Russia/USSR)

Convert to full "Soviet Communism", USSR became an industrial power

Adolf Hitler (Germany)

chancellor, wrote Mein Kamp, fervent nationalist, declared himself the Fuhrer

What caused France & Great Britain to declare war on Germany?

the invasion of Poland

March into the Rhineland

was the area of germany where hitler sent in troops to defy the treaty of versaille and scare the french

What's the AXIS powers?

alliance formed by Hitler & Mussolini

Sudetenland

Hitler takes Sudetenland (Czech), large German

Munich conference (appeasement)

France & GB allowed Germany to keep territory in exchange for peace, Hitler vowed he wouldn't take more territory

Why did france GB give into Hitlers request at the Munich conference?

To keep peace

Invasion of Poland

Germany invaded

Attack on what country by Germany led France & GB to declare war on Germany?

Poland

Ethiopia Campaign

where Mussolini invaded and conquered the area around the Red Sea

Invasion of France

Attack through the Ardennes Forest between the Maginot Line and Belgium, France surrendered, Britain evacuated

Who does Italy declare war on?

France & GB

Why did Italy wait to declare war?

Waited until France was surrendering, wanted the "spoils" of war

Austrian Anschluss

Hitler sent troops into Austria, announced the Anschluss (or annex) of Austria and Germany, Anschluss

Battle of Britain

Luftwaffe battled the British Royal Air Force, needed to destroy Royal Air Force to invade GB, bombing of London & Berlin, 1st major defeat for Germany

What country did Germany sign an non aggression pact with?

Russia

What was the secret part of the non-aggression pact?

Germany & USSR would divide Poland

Invasion of Russia (Barbarossa)

broke pact & invaded to take farmland & oilfields, used Blitzkrieg tactics, advances stopped by harsh Russian winter, never reached Moscow

Lightning style of warfare used by the germans in WWII?

Blitzkrieg

What was the 1st act Hitler had against the Treaty of Versailles?

Built up his army

What is the money problems that hit most European countries?

Inflation