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Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 1930s. Appeasement involved making concessions to avoid conflict by satisfying or relieving the enemy. This allowed Hitler to achieve several goals, including annexing Austria and demanding control of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. While appeasement aimed to maintain peace, it also had negative effects like encouraging further aggression from Hitler at the expense of other countries. The document discusses the positives and negatives of appeasement and events involving Hitler, Czechoslovakia, and the signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938.
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Hitler pursued an aggressive foreign policy in the 1930s to pursue Germany's territorial claims and achieve Lebensraum. This included remilitarizing the Rhineland, annexing Austria and Czechoslovakia, and seeking colonies. Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered WWII in Europe.
Growth of european tensions
The dictatorships in Germany and Italy under Hitler and Mussolini contributed to the growth of European tensions in several ways:
1) They did not abide by the terms of agreements, such as those made at the Munich Conference in 1938.
2) Their expansionist foreign policies and authoritarian domestic policies increased tensions, as seen with Hitler's hatred of Jews and defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
3) Britain and France's appeasement policies, including their failure to intervene in the invasions of Abyssinia and during the Spanish Civil War, emboldened Germany and Italy to continue their aggressive actions.
The Build up to War
Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany after capitalizing on resentment over the weak Weimar government and Great Depression. He became chancellor in 1933 and established a Nazi dictatorship. Initially improving the economy, Hitler rapidly instituted racist policies, stripping Jews of rights and encouraging attacks. By 1939, seeking to expand German territory and pursue racial ideology, Hitler had invaded Poland, starting World War II after Western democracies failed to counter German and Italian aggression through appeasement or an ineffective League of Nations.
Outbreak of WWII in Europe
The three key factors that led to the outbreak of World War II in Europe were the policy of appeasement, the weakness of the League of Nations, and Hitler's expansionist foreign policy. The policy of appeasement involved Britain and France making concessions to Hitler in an attempt to avoid war. However, this only emboldened Hitler and failed to stop his aggression. The League of Nations was unable to enforce disarmament or impose effective sanctions, showing that countries could act without consequences. This was seen in Italy's invasion of Abyssinia. Finally, Hitler pursued an increasingly aggressive expansionist foreign policy through the remilitarization of the Rhineland, annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and invasion of Poland
Role of appeasement
This document discusses the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in the 1930s. It explains that European leaders were reluctant to face another major war after WWI. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pursued a policy of appeasement, believing it would prevent another disaster like WWI. However, Hitler continued expanding German territory by annexing Austria and demanding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. The Munich Agreement allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland, but failed to achieve "peace in our time" as Chamberlain claimed, as Hitler later occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia, paving the way for WWII.
Appeasement
Appeasement failed for several reasons:
1) It showed Hitler that Britain and France were unwilling to stop German aggression, encouraging further expansion.
2) It weakened Czechoslovakia and emboldened Germany, Italy, and other countries to make territorial demands.
3) While gaining Britain time to rearm, it also gave Germany time to rearm, making the eventual war more destructive.
hitler_s-foreign-policy.ppt
Hitler pursued an increasingly aggressive foreign policy from 1934-1936 that included rearming Germany, uniting Germans within Germany and abroad, and seizing territory. Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement that allowed Hitler's ambitions to grow. The USSR also did not form an anti-Nazi alliance and instead signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939, removing the threat of a two front war for Germany. This enabled Hitler to invade Poland in September 1939, prompting Britain and France's declaration of war and the start of World War 2.
Hitler's foreign policy, Nazi expansion, road to WWII
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Second world war
- The Second World War began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. It involved most of the world's nations fighting as part of the Axis powers led by Germany, Italy and Japan or the Allied powers led by the UK, USSR and USA. Over 60 million people were killed making it the deadliest war in history.
- Hitler rose to power in Germany after writing Mein Kampf and gaining popularity. As Chancellor, he rapidly expanded Germany's military and violated the Treaty of Versailles. Germany invaded Poland in 1939 starting the war.
- The war was fought in two main theaters - Europe and the Pacific. Germany quickly conquered much of Europe but was eventually defeated by the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. Japan was defeated
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The document discusses four main theories for why international peace collapsed in 1939 leading to World War 2: 1) failure of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations, 2) Hitler's aggressive foreign policy, 3) the policy of appeasement, and 4) an investigation into which one is most responsible. It then goes on to discuss the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and how it may have led to WWII 20 years later through imposing harsh terms on Germany after WWI.
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- 2. Why did Britain and France follow the policy of Appeasement • Learning Objectives: • To analyse political cartoons regarding the policy of Appeasement • To find out what happened regarding Hitler and the Sudetenland OM Competences: Teamwork – analysing cartoons as a team Reasoning – justifying why Appeasement was right/wrong
- 3. Why did Britain and France follow the policy of Appeasement Can you explain why they followed Appeasement using these headings: Military reasons Economic reasons Fear Public opinion
- 4. Positives of Appeasement Negatives of Appeasement
- 12. What Happened next with Hitler and Europe? • After Hitler successfully achieved Anschluss with Austria and the lack of resistance from Britain and France thus far gave Hitler confidence of achieving more of his original goals….. • Explain what happened regarding Czechoslovakia in no more than 10 sentences http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWappeasement.h tm • You can use page 56 -59 to help you
- 13. The Times • Add to your table of Hitler’s actions in the 1930s • Can you come up with newspaper headlines from a: • British Newspaper • German Newspaper • Czech Newspaper
- 14. Was the Munich Agreement a success or failure for Chamberlain? Positives Negatives
- 15. Sources regarding Czechoslovakia • Sources 32, 33, 34 page 58
- 16. The Nazi- Soviet Pact • On March 15th 1938 Hitler marched his troops into the rest of Czechoslovakia • Britain and France once again did nothing about this. • This was no longer an action Hitler could justify as rectifying the TOV – this was an invasion • His logical next step would be Poland • Hitler did not fear Britain and France, he actually was more worried about USSR- USSR had long been worried about Hitler as he had made no secret of his desire o expand Germany to the east • Stalin had tried to enter agreements with GB and France in the 1930s – Britain’s lack of resistence to Hitler worried Stalin and felt GB were happy for Germany to et stronger as it protected Europe from Communism • The Munich Agreement in 1938 increased Stalin’s fears of Britain backing Hitler + Britain protecting Poland
- 17. The USSR's feelings • Source 41 page 61 shows USSR feelings
- 18. Continued…. • 24th Aug 1939 Stalin signs agreement with Hitler • This due to lack of faith in GB, fear of Hitler, desire for parts of Poland • 1st Sept Germany invades Poland • 2nd September – GB and France declare war on Germany. • Hitler never expected GB to go to war at this point and his German army were not fully prepared for this
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