CAUSES OF WW2 Flashcards
HOW DID THE NAZI SOVIET PACT CAUSE WW2?
SIGNED NON AGGRESSION PACT THAT BENEFITED THEM BOTH
STALIN GAINED REARM TIME AND LAND FROM POLAND
HITLER AVOIDED A WAR ON TWO FRONTS AND FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INVADE POLAND WHICH BRITAIN AND FRANCE PROMISED TO PROTECT
AUGUST 23 1939
HOW DID THE FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS CAUSE WW2?
STRUCTURE WAS WEAK
LACK OF AN ARMY MEANT IT APPEARED TOOTHLESS
FAILURE TO ACT EFFECTIVELY DURING M.CRISIS AND A,CRISIS MADE IT LOOK WEAK
BRITAIN AND FRANCE UNDERMINED THE LEAGUE TO SUIT THEIR OWN SELF INTRESTS
britain and france knew the league was ineffective so they followed a policy of appeasement which was giving hitler what he wanted. this policy allowd hitler to quickly advance with his plans.
HOW DID THE GREAT DEPPRESSION CAUSE WW2?
DESPERATE PEOPLE TURNT TO DICTATORS
DESPERATE COUNTRIES ADOPTED AGGRESSIVE FORIEGN POLICIES LIKE ITALY AND JAPAN
TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH THEIR OWN ECONOMICAL PROBLEMS TO SUPPORT LON
MEMBERS COULD NOT AFFORD TO IMPOSE EFFECTIVE ECONOMICAL SANCTIONS
HOW DID THE TREATY OF VERSILLES CAUSE WW2?
MANY BELIEVED THEY HAD BEEN TREATED TOO HARSHLY
HITLER PROMISED TO RIGHT THE WRONG OF THE TREATY
BRITIAN FELT HE HAD A CASE SO DID NOT INTERVENE FROM 1933-8
TOV CREATED NEW STATES
HITLER WAS DETERMINED TO UNITE GERMAN SPEAKERS
STALIN WANTED LAND BACK SO SIGNED THE NAZI SOVIET PACT
JUNE 28 1919
WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF WW2?
HITLERS ACTIONS
APPEASEMENT
THE GREAT DEPPRESSION
FAILURE OF THE LON
THE TOV
THE NAZI SOVIET PACT
HOW DID APPEASEMENT CAUSE WW2?
OPPORTUNITES TO STOP HITLER EARLY WERE MISSED
SO DESPERATE TO AVOID ANOTHER WAR THEY SUPPORTED APPEASEMENT
MISTAKE TO TRUST HITLER WHO SIMPLY GREW CONFIDENT
APPEASEMENT ALIENATED STALIN WHO WENT TO SIGN THE NAZI SOVIET PACT
HOW DID HITLERS ACTIONS CAUSE WW2?
IN MEIN KAMPF HE VOWED TO OVERTURN TOV TO MAKE GERMANY STRONG AGAIN
FPA MEANT HE NEEDED TO INVADE COUNTRIES- START A WAR
HATRED OF COMMUNISM AND DESIRE TO STOP IT BY CONTROLLING THE USSR WOULD ALSO RESULT IN WAR
