Interwar and Origins of WW2

Question 1

When did the League of Nations fail?

Answer 1

1930’s

Question 2

When was the Nazi-Soviet pact signed?

Answer 2

23rd August 1939

Question 3

When was the Munich agreement?

Answer 3

29th September 1938

Question 4

What where the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 4

Guilt- Germany forced to take the blame ‘War Guilt Clause’
Armed forces- Germany restricted to 100,000 men, 6 battleships, no airforce or submarines, Rhineland demilitarised and Alsace Lorraine to France so Germany could never attack France again
Reparations- Germany told to pay £6.6 billion in compensation
German territories- overseas empire taken away. Former colonies + mandates under league control. Forbidden to unite with Austria
LEague of nations- Woodrow Wilson’s idea ‘international police force’. Germany not invited until proven its a peace loving nation

Question 5

What were the main effects of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

• Germany felt vulnerable and unable to protect themselves
• Reparations caused economic collapse in Germany. Millions starving
• Germans split into different countries
• Germany felt humiliated and the harsh terms led the people to resent the Treaty

Question 6

What were the aims of the big three for the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

• USA- Wilson (idealist); wanted peace. League of Nations and disarmament. Sled-determination in Europe.
• Britain- Lloyd George (realist); Justice not revenge (although British people wanted to ‘make Germany pay’). Not too harsh. Expand British empire. Increase British trade.
• France- Clemenceau (extremist); wanted revenge and to punish Germany harshly. Weaken Germany so can’t attack again. Rhineland as a buffer zone.