Unit 3: Paper 1 — The Move to Global War
Topic 3.2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) Questions
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.3 - Q1
In which year did Italy complete its conquest of Abyssinia?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.5 - Q4
At the Munich Agreement of 1938, which territory were Britain and France willing to let Germany take?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.5 - Q1
In which years did Japan seize Manchuria from China, giving the League of Nations its first major test?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.3 - Q2
Which Latin slogan did Mussolini use to describe his aim of Italian control over the Mediterranean?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.5 - Q2
Which country did Mussolini's Italy invade in 1935, delivering the death blow to collective security?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.2 - Q13
When did German troops remilitarise the Rhineland?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.2 - Q15
At the Munich Agreement of September 1938, which territory did Britain and France hand over to Germany?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.2 - Q14
What is the name for the forced union of Germany and Austria in March 1938, which was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.2 - Q12
Which agreement allowed Germany to build a navy up to 35 per cent of the size of Britain's?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.4 - Q2
On what date did Germany invade Poland?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.1 - Q12
What did Hitler mean by the term 'Lebensraum'?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.5 - Q3
What did the secret Hoare-Laval Pact of 1935 propose to do?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.5 - Q5
What event in March 1939 finally convinced Britain that appeasement had failed?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.1 - Q13
Approximately how many Germans were unemployed by 1932 as a result of the Great Depression?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.4 - Q3
What did the secret part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact (August 1939) agree to do?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.4 - Q1
Which event in March 1939 is usually seen as the moment appeasement ended?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.1 - Q15
Which of the following was a term imposed on Germany by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles?
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What was the Pact of Steel, signed in May 1939?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.4 - Q4
Which two demands did Hitler make of Poland in 1939?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 3.2.3 - Q4
What was the Pact of Steel, signed in May 1939?
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