Wilderness Years: Appeasement and Rearmament

Question 1

What had British military spending grown to in the 1930s?

Answer 1

£700 million

Question 2

What were Churchill’s attitudes towards appeasement?

Answer 2

Did not support - he advocated for war in 1938

Question 3

How many men did Britain have in their army in 1939?

Answer 3

897,000

Question 4

How many men did Germany have in their army in 1936?

Answer 4

1 million

Question 5

What was the ‘Ten Year Rule’?

Answer 5

No prospect of war for ten years

Question 6

What was Baldwin’s approach to rearmament?

Answer 6

Believed that announcing a programme of rearmament would have lost him the election in 1935

Question 7

Which naval treaty shocked Churchill in 1935?

Answer 7

Anglo-German Naval Treaty

Question 8

Which Conference took place in 1938?

Answer 8

Munich Conference

Question 9

Which individual is most commonly associated with the policy of appeasement?

Answer 9

Neville Chamberlain

Question 10

How did the Great Depression impact rearmament?

Answer 10

Military spending was no longer prioritised