The  outbreak of the Second World War

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Why did the League of Nations fail?

Of which country was Josef Stalin the leader?

Which country did Germany and the USSR both want to take over in late 1939?

By what name does the UK refer to the agreement made between the USSR and Germany in August 1939?

Gave part of Poland to Germany and part of Poland to the USSR and left the poorest land for Poland to keep.

Signed an alliance with Poland, agreeing to protect her from invasion.

What did Britain do in reaction to the agreement made between the USSR and Germany?

Britain asked the USSR if they could make an alliance against Germany.

Britain met with France and made another pact that if Germany invaded any more countries they would declare war.

Issued an ultimatum to Germany saying that if the German army did not leave Poland, that Britain would declare war.

What did Britain do when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939?

Britain and France agreed to start building up their armies in case they needed to stop Hitler.

Britain and France declared war on Germany; signalling the start of the Second World War.

Germany listened to Britain's ultimatum, and the final troops left Poland.

The USSR said that she would ally with Britain and France.

Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria.

Germany would receive money to help to rebuild the country and economy.

Which of these options was NOT a term of the Treaty of Versailles?

They agreed that the Treaty of Versailles had been unfair and Germany should be allowed to rearm as much as it wanted.

They condemned Germany's actions, but didn't actually take any action against Hitler.

They sent spies to see if Hitler was telling the truth about how much he had increased his army.

In 1935, when Hitler announced that he was increasing the size of his army how did Britain and France react?

They asked Britain and France for help to get rid of the Germans.

They celebrated - most Austrians thought that Hitler was a strong leader who would be good for Austria.

How did the Austrian's react when Germany united with Austria?

Asked for the support of the League of Nations to stop Hitler taking any more land in Europe.

Tell Hitler that his actions were unacceptable, he was going against the Treaty of Versailles, and that there would be serious punishments if they invaded Czechoslovakia.

They agreed to give the north of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) to Hitler.

When it was clear that Hitler wanted to invade Czechoslovakia, what did Britain, France and Italy do?

Being firm in stopping Hitler from taking land in Europe.

Ensuring that long-term peace was secured in Europe by ensuring that all countries in Europe remained free.

Giving in to Hitler's demands to avoid war in the short-term, even if it meant going against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the aims of the League of Nations.

Select the correct definition for the policy of appeasement, followed by Britain and France in the 1930s.

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