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Question 1

how did japan leave the league?

Answer 1

a special assembly voted on the report in february 1933 where they voted for the withdrawal of japanese troops, japanese representatives walked out

Question 2

why was the league reluctant to act?

Answer 2

-league did not want a fight
-japan was a powerful member of the league
-china and japan were far away
-many people felt japan were entitled to take control
-members of league couldn’t afford to send troops so far away
-many thought it was a good thing that japan was trying to introduce order

Question 3

who did the league send to investigate manchuria and what happened?

Answer 3

lord lytton who took a year to write his report, by which time japan had already invaded manchuria

Question 4

consequences of the manchurian crisis for the league

Answer 4

-showed it was failing as one of the league’s permanent members, ignored covenant and acted with aggression
-hitler and mussolini gained confidence that the league wouldn’t intervene if they invaded somewhere
-reluctantcy to impose sanctions showed league wouldn’t take action, appeared unbothered
-proved to be powerless since strong nations able to pursue aggressive acts against other countries without serious punishments
-appeared unbothered due to Lytton taking a year
-moral condemnation and economic sanctions didn’t work, Japan still traded with USA as they weren’t in the league

Question 5

mukden incident

Answer 5

-18th september 1931, explosion on south manchurian railway
-japanese army claimed train attacked by chinese soldiers
-chinese denied and said soldiers had been asleep
-kwantung army used this as an excuse to take over manchuria
-people of japan openly celebrated but government wasn’t happy
-no choice but to go along with it
-1932 japan renamed manchuria to manchuko

Question 6

why did japan want to invade manchuria?

Answer 6

-rich in fertile farming land
-already had a business in the form of a railway
-would divert public’s attention from problems at home
-opportunity to settle old scores with russia and china
-china weak and divided
-silk trade suffering from great depression

Question 7

consequences of nazi-soviet pact?

Answer 7

-if war broke out, britain and france would have to fight germany without support of USSR
-pact made war inevitable
-soviet union invaded eastern half of poland, latvia, estonia and lithuania
-hitler could invade poland without fear about the soviet union, already knew Britain and France wouldn’t do anything due to Rhineland, Abyssinia

Question 8

arguments against appeasement

Answer 8

-people misjudged hitler
-people missed opportunities to stop him
-more hitler was given, more confident he grew
-appeasement was morally wrong-left countries like austria occupied by nazis who mistreated people
-appeasement alienated USSR, so britain and france’s relationship strained with them

Question 9

arguments for appeasement

Answer 9

-felt treaty had been too harsh, hitler could overturn parts
-didn’t want another war
-hitler’s action gave people what they wanted
-chamberlain greeted as a hero for avoiding war
-great depression meant britain and france couldn’t afford war
-no support from usa if war was to break out
-britain not ready to fight

Question 10

LOUDER

Answer 10

lebensraum
overturn the T of V
unite german speaking people (volkdeutsche), including anshcluss
destroy communism
rearmament

Question 11

why did hitler want to take part in the pact?

Answer 11

-to prevent a war on two fronts
-time to rearm
-gain new territory without having to fight
-guarantee when he invaded poland, ussr wouldn’t intefere (lebensraum)
-poland had been created from land taken from them

Question 12

why did stalin want to take part in the pact?

Answer 12

-stalin lost trust in the league to protect the USSR
-felt distrusting and angry to france and britain after being excluded from the munich conference, needed a new ally
-wanted more time for russia to prepare for the war
-poland could act as a buffer to stop attacks from west

Question 13

what was agreed in the nazi-soviet pact and when?

Answer 13

-august 1939
-germany and ussr agreed to not attack each other in a war, and to invade poland and share the land
-non-aggression pact, ruled out war between them for 10 years
-trade deals, germany would receive grain, raw materials and rubber, USSR receive industrial goods

Question 14

who was the british prime minister and what was his main foreign policy?

Answer 14

neville chamberlain, appeasement

Question 15

what was volksdeutsch?

Answer 15

german blood
hitler wanted to unite all german speaking people

Question 16

what was lebensraum?

Answer 16

living space
Hitler wanted to expand germany into the east

Question 17

what was anschluss?

Answer 17

unification of austria and germany

Question 18

why did Hitler hate communism?

Answer 18

it had been invented by a Jewish man, Hitler felt that Jewry and communism were the same and were responsible for Germany’s problems

Question 19

how did appeasement contribute to ww2?

Answer 19

-gave Hitler a false sense of security which he used to continue his aggressive foreign policy
-believed france and britain were weak so weren’t huge threats if he started a war
-it proved to Hitler that Britain and France were unable to say no to Hitler because they wanted to avoid war at all costs
-hitler kept pushing the boundaries

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Question 20

how did hitler’s foreign policy contribute to ww2?

Answer 20

-acquiring lebensraum required war, Hitler acknowledged this and prepared for war once he came to power
-demonstrated he had secretly been preparing in freedom to rearm rally
-rally march 1935, built an army of over 1 million men (overturned treaty of versailles, limited them to 100,000 men)

Question 21

how did nazi-soviet pact contribute to war?

Answer 21

-made war inevitable
-hitler knew he could invade poland without fear of ussr
-wasn’t scared of britain and france as he had watched abyssinia and rhineland and how they had failed to take action

Question 22

article 231

Answer 22

war guilt clause-germany had to accept blame for the war

Question 23

how did Lloyd George feel about treaty?

Answer 23

-worried it was too harsh
-reduction of german navy was important for britian’s power at sea
-british trade would suffer if germany was too weak
-public wanted revenge so were satisfied but he privately feared it would lead to further conflict

Question 24

wilson’s aims

Answer 24

-to end war by creating a league of nations
-to ensure germany was not destroyed
-public wanted a system of isolationism
-fair to germany and keep peace in europe

Question 25

clemenceau’s aims

Answer 25

-to ensure germany never rises to power again so another world war doesn’t happen
-weaken germany as much as possible
-didn’t support 14 points
-high reparations to pay for damage to French land

Question 26

t of v-land

Answer 26

-germany split in two by polish corridor, given to poland to allow sea access
-saar put under control of league for 15 years
-danzig taken and given to league as a free city
-colonies in africa given as mandates to league
-lost 10% of its land
-rhineland demilitarised
-alsace lorraine given to france

Question 27

t of v-military

Answer 27

-navy limited to 15000 men, 1500 officers, 6 battleships
-not allowed submarines or an air force
-no defence against france-rhineland
-army limited to 100000, no conscription

Question 28

t of v-blame

Answer 28

-article 231
-war guilt clause
-germany had to take full responsibility for starting war

Question 29

t of v-money

Answer 29

-reparations
-£6.6 billion

Question 30

what were lloyd george’s aims?

Answer 30

-trade with germany again
-take away all of germany’s colonies (remove power)-wanted this as they threatened british empire
-felt less strongly than clemceau-wanted germany to be able to recover economically
-public disagreed

IN BENEFIT OF BRITAIN

Question 31

how did german public feel about treaty?

Answer 31

-believed in heroism of their troops so wouldn’t admit defeat
-article 231 humiliating
-referred to as diktat
-people who signed called november criminals
-shocked by severity as germany had been forced into it

Question 32

how did clemenceau feel about treaty?

Answer 32

-thought germany wasn’t weak enough
-demiliatrising rhineland gave france more security
-wanted higher reparations
-wanted no army at all

Question 33

how did woodrow feel about treaty?

Answer 33

-unhappy that just 1 of his 14 points was accepted
-pleased about creation of league
-us senate objected to treaty and never signed, concerned it may cause us to become involved in a future war