Causes of WW2 year 8

Question 1

15. When did Hitler become leader of Germany?

Answer 1

30 January 1933

Question 2

16. In what ways did Hitler break the 1919 peace treaty in the 1930s?

Answer 2

He therefore decided to break another aspect of the Treaty of Versailles by sending German troops into the Rhineland.

Question 3

17. Who was Britain’s Prime Minister at the start of the Second World War?

Answer 3

Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Question 4

18. Who became Britain’s Prime Minister in May 1940?

Answer 4

Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Question 5

19. What was the policy of appeasement?

Answer 5

Britain did the policy of appeasement which they were using to try and avoid war by allowing hitler to get away with things he wasn’t supposed to like sending his troops into the Rhineland France.

Question 6

20. Give one reason why Britain followed the policy of appeasement?

Answer 6

Chamberlain hoped by doing the appeasement it would avoid war.

Question 7

21. Which country did Hitler invade in September 1939?

Answer 7

Poland