Appeasement and Rearmament Flashcards
1
Q
Who were associated with appeasement?
A
- Chamberlain
- Lord Halifax
2
Q
What was the Ten Year Rule?
A
No war for ten years
3
Q
What was Baldwin’s approach?
A
Appeasement
- No more spending on military
- Great Depression
- Win 1935 election
4
Q
What shocked Churchill?
A
Anglo-German Naval Treaty 1935
5
Q
How many soldiers did Britain have by 1939?
A
900,000
6
Q
How many soldiers did Germany have by 1936?
A
1 million
7
Q
What was Churchill’s opinion?
A
- Opposed appeasement
- Wanted war in 1938
8
Q
What happened in September 1938?
A
Munich Conference
9
Q
Effect of the Great Depression?
A
Military spending no longer prioritised
10
Q
What had British military spending grown to?
A
£700 million
11
Q
What did Britain rely on?
A
League of Nations
12
Q
What did Churchill propose?
A
A Grand Alliance
13
Q
Effect of the Munich conference?
A
- Germany given Sudetenland
- Invaded rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939
