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What are the ways in which Britain appeased Germany between 1933-1936

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Britain allowed Germany to break the Treaty Of Versailles

British gov and public opinion had revised their attitude to ToV and agreed it was too harsh

Bri did not protest about reintroduction of conscription.

Bri took no action over creation of Ger Air Force

Anglo Ger Naval Deal allowed Ger to build army

Bri accepted reoccupation of the Rhineland

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What was the British attitude to the Czech Crisis

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Czech must take some blame

Czechs cannot be trusted

1938 - Czech crisis

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What were the worries Britain and France had about Ger actions in 1936

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Ger withdrew from Disarmament conference

Ger withdrew from league

France lost Poland as an ally

Hitter announced conscription

Ger army increased to 500 000

Hitler tried to take Austria in 1934

Hitter reoccupied Rhineland

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What were the events in 1939 which lead to the outbreak of War

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Ger invaded Czech in March 1939 breaking Munich Agreement

Bri sped up rearmament programme

Hitler r demanded the return of Danzig from Poland

Ger demanded permission to build a road and a railway line through Poland

Britain promised to defend Poland if they were attacked

September 1939 - Ger invaded Poland

Bri declared war on Ger

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What were the Nazi ideas on race

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1934 was the start of the Nazi regime

Germanic people had defended Europe in past

Aaryan Race was superior

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Why did Hitler want to rearm

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Gov disarmed in 1919

The ToV was stupid and harsh

Germany surrounded by hostile enemies

Rearmament - long term goal of Hitlers FP

Hitler interpreted lack of disarmament by Britain as breech of Versailles

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What lead to the takeover of Czech

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Nazi agitation in Sudetenland organised by Henlein

Ger failed in persuading Czech to hand over itself

Meeting 1 - 1938 September 15th

Meeting 2 - 1938 September 22nd-23rd

Meeting 3 - Munich Agreement

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Why did Bri follow a policy of appeasement

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Bri public opinion favoured peace

Memories of horrors of war

Bri weakened by economic depression

Lack of reliable allies

Communism

Mussolini - 1936 - bigger threat

Sympathy over ToV

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Why didn’t Britain take military action against German reoccupation of the Rhineland

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Due to Hitler planning it to take place at the weekend so the British gov couldn’t do anything about it until Monday morning

The Franco soviett pack provokes Hitker

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why did Britain not take any action against Ger for the remilitarisation of the rhineland

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due to hitler planning to take it back over a weekend, as he knew the british government wouldnt be able to do anything about it until monday morning

the franco soviet pact provoked hitler

france was too defense minded

anglo german naval deal

all other countries didnt stay disarmed

to defend herself from any in coming wars

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what are the military terms of the ToV

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ger was limited to 100 000 men

ger forbidden tanks

ger forbidden to take rhineland back

ger forbidden to have any submarines

no air force

limited to 6 battleships

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why was the LoN weak

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usa refused to join

russia not invited

assembly had to be unanimous

did not have its own army to back up its decisions

ger not allowed to join til 1926

failed to impose sanctions on abyssinia

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why did hitler rearm ger after 1933

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revenge for tov

lebensraum

unite all gers

for defence

take over of russia

restore ger pride

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why did chamberlain follow a policy of appeasement

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lack of reliable allies

communism

eco weakness

symapthy for tov

never again mentality

public opinion

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what events lead to the takeover of czech

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nazi agitation in sudetenland organised by henlein

ger failed to persuade czech to hand themselves over without any violence

meeting 1 - 15th sept 1938

meeting 2 - 22nd-23rd sept 1938

munich agreement

piece of paper

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what were the nazi ideas of race

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1934 - start of nazi regime

germanic people had defended Europe in past

Aaryan race was superior

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why did hitler want to rearm ger

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ger disarmed in 1919

tov stupid, harsh

ger surrounded by hostile enemies

rearmament - long term goal of hitlers fp aims

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what were the events that lead up, in 1939, to the outbreak of war

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ger invaded czech in march 1939 breaking munich agreement

bri sped up rearmament programme

hitler demanded return of Danzig from Poland

ger demanded permission to build a road and a railway line through poland

bri promised to defend poland if they were attacked

september 19390 - ger invaded poland

bri declared war on ger

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what was the british attitude to czech in 1938

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czech must take some blame

czechs cannot be trusted

they were quite far away from bri, so they were not britains concern at the time

1938 - czech crisis

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what were the worries of bri and france about ger actions in 1936

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ger withdrew from disarmament conference

ger withdrew from league

france lost poland as an ally

hitler announced conscription

ger army increased to 500 000

hitler tried to take austria in 1934

21
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what were the ways in which Britain appeased ger between 1933 and 1936

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bri allowed ger to break ToV

bri gov and public opinion had revised their attitude to ToV and agreed it was harsh

bri did not protest about reintroduction of conscription

bri took no action over creation of ger air force

anglo ger naval deal allowed ger to build army

bri accepted reoccupation of rhineland

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what were the events that led to the abyssinian crisis

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summer 1935 - mussolini grouped troops together and put them on the border of abyssinia

october 1935 - italy invades austria

haile selassie appealed to LoN for help, but it was slow

mussolini wanted to prove italy’s greatness through military victories

italy founder member of LoN, so they were declaring war on themself

bri and fr were not useful. they were not ready to send an army

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what were the events that led to anschluss in 1936

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meeting between hitler and schusschnigg at mountain home where hitler told him to lift the ban on austrian nazi party

schusschnig looked to help from britain andfrance, but that never came

schusschnigg announced his plebiscite

hitler marched 200000 troops onto border and forced schuschnigg to cancel his plebiscite and step down

seyss inquart replaced schuschnigg

hitler entered austria, invited, but failed as tanks broke down

hitler held his own plebiscite in april which 99.7% were in favour of

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What were the events of the Abyssinian crisis

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Mussolini wanted to make Italy feared, great and respected

Italian troops attempted an invasion in 1896 which failed, Mussolini wanted to avenge their defeat

Summer 1935 - amassed troops on Abyssinian border

October 1935 - launched full invasion

Haile Selassie took the case to LoN - flow and ineffective

Italy founder of LoN - basically declaring war on itself

Bri and Fr failed to impose oil sanctions

Failed to close Suez Canal

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How was the LoN successful?

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Made Danzig a free country

1921 - settled dispute between Sweden and Finland over Aaland Islands

1922 - saved Austria from economic collapse

1923 - limited, but not prevent Italian aggression of Greece over Corfu

1925 - halted Greek invasion of Bulgaria

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What were the events of the Manchurian crisis

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Sep 1931 - explosion caused minor damage to the south Manchurian railway at Mukden. Japanese blamed Chinese, however there was evidence of Japanese sabotage

It took a three day operation to move troops from the railway line to important towns in Manchuria

January 1932 - Japanese troops occupied while province of Manchuria

February 1932 - Japanese gov declared Manchuria as independent republic of Manchukuo

China took case to LoN who sent league commission to investigate in April 1932

LoN oct 1932 - declared that Japan should leave Manchuria and that Manchuria should be run as semi independent

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