Chapter 4 - Outbreak of WWII in Europe

Question 1

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1. How did FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(a) Failure of disarmament

Answer 1

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Countries placed their self-interest above collective security. At the World Disarmament Conference, Germany proposed that France should disarm to German level based on the TOV or allow Germany to rearm to French level. France objected and Hitler withdrew Germany from LON.
Hitler then started the rearmament and conscription of soldiers to build up German defences in defiance of the TOV. However, the LON was in a pacifist mood and didn’t impose sanctions on Hitler.

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Hitler viewed the LON as weak and would not stop him. It gave Hitler more confidence and became more aggressive. This led to increased tension in Europe, leading to the outbreak of war.

Question 2

1. How did FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(b) The Abyssinian Crisis (1934-1936)

Question 3

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(a) Conscription and rearmament (from 1933)

Question 4

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(b) Plebiscite in the Saar Region (1935)

Question 5

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(c) Remilitarisation of Rhineland (1936)

Question 6

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(d) Involvement in the Spanish Civil War (1936)

Question 7

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(e) Anschluss with Austria (1938)

Question 8

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(f) Takeover of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938)

Question 9

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(g) Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939)

Question 10

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(h) Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939)

Question 11

1. How did NAZI GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(i) Invasion of Poland (Sep 1939)

Question 12

1. How did POLICY OF APPEASEMENT lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(a) Anschluss with Austria (1938)

Question 13

1. How did POLICY OF APPEASEMENT lead to the outbreak of WWII in Europe?

(b) Sudetenland and the Munich Agreement (1938)

Question 14

2. Reasons why Britain and France embarked on policy of appeasement in 1930s

(a) US isolationism

Question 15

2. Reasons why Britain and France embarked on policy of appeasement in 1930s

(b) Sympathy for Germany

Question 16

2. Reasons why Britain and France embarked on policy of appeasement in 1930s

(c) Protect National Interests

Question 18

2. Reasons why Britain and France embarked on policy of appeasement in 1930s

(d) Misjudgement of Hitler