(A) Militalism
(B) Alliances
(C) Imperialism
(D) ** Nationalism
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Whereas the Saar is governed by a Commission on behalf of the League of Nations, the Free City of Danzig is ‘placed under the protection’ of the League, which guarantees its constitution. Constitution of the Free City and Powers of the League.
Concept note-2: -Following World War I, the Treaty of Versailles (1918) declared Danzig to be a free city administered by Poland and the League of Nations. Germany resented the loss of this largely German city. Hitler was determined to overturn the military and territorial provisions of the Versailles treaty.
Concept note-3: -The Free City was to be represented abroad by Poland and was to be in a customs union with it. The German railway line that connected the Free City with newly created Poland was to be administered by Poland, as were all rail lines in the territory of the Free City.
Concept note-4: -According to the Treaty of Versailles, the Rhineland, a strip of land inside Germany bordering on France, Belgium and the Netherlands, was to be de-militarised. That is, no German troops were to be stationed inside that area or any fortifications built.
Concept note-5: -Under the Treaty of Versailles, the newly-formed Poland was given a thin strip of land around the River Vistula which provided access to the Baltic, and vital economic rights to the free port city of Danzig.