Sec 3E Holiday Homework

1. Causes of War In Europe

2. Overarching Question
Why did the Western Powers adopt the
policy of appeasement towards Nazi
Germany in the 1930s?

3. Lesson Objectives
Understand
• the meaning of appeasement;
• reasons for policy of appeasement to be
adopted;
• how did appeasement result in WWII

4. Appeasement
Appease: (i) to come to terms with;
(ii) to give in;
(iii) to adapt to the demands of
Policy of appeasement in WWII?
Who was appeasing who?

5. Why was the policy of
appeasement adopted?

6. Going back to History
Imagine you were a British or French
How would the following events made you
support the policy of appeasement?

7. Impact of WW1
Burton-upon-Trent, England, following a German Zeppelin
Raid, 1916

8. Impact of WWI
Dead French soldiers in the Argonne Forest, France

9. Treaty of Versallies
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
• o Military Terms
• § ________(Compulsory military service) banned
• § Size of Army limited to_______________ men
• § Size of Navy limited to _______________ men
• § ____________________, _______________ and
____________ not allowed
• § Rhineland was _______________________
•
• o Territorial Terms
• § Anschluss (union) with_______________ not allowed.

10. Hitler’s rearmament
Luftwaffe Planes

11. Hitler’s rearmament
German parade, 1935

12. Hitler’s rearmament

13. Hitler’s expansionary policy
German troops crossing the Rhine River
westwards into the demilitarised Rhineland

14. Hitler’s expansionary policy
Anschluss with Austria, 1938

15. The Great Depression
Unemployed men in London during the Great
Depression

16. Class Assignment
Was the policy of appeasement towards Nazi
Germany during the 1930s a cause of outbreak
for WWII?

17. Point
• The British adopted a policy of appeasement
towards Nazi Germany during the 1930s.

18. Elaboration
• One of the reasons for appeasement towards
Nazi Germany during the 1930s because their
economy had already been damaged by both
World War I and the Great Depression.

19. Explanation
• If they were to enter another war straight
away, this would mean that their economy
would not have had a chance to recover
before they start fighting again. Hence, their
economy would be even further damaged.
Hence, they adopted a policy of appeasement
to avoid having to fight the war immediately,
and give their economy a chance to recover.