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when did neville chamberlain become prime minister?
1937
what is appeasement?
negotiating with hitler, giving him what he wanted to avoid another war
when did Winston Churchill become prime minister?
1940
how did the failure of the League of Nations relate to the appeasement policy?
clear after events in 1935 that collective security wouldn't work
appeasement seemed to be a solution to maintaining peace
how did lack of support from french relate to the appeasement policy?
france wouldn't act without britain so they too followed appeasement
how did the fear of communism relate to the appeasement policy?
many realised dictators were dangerous but still preferred them to communism
beloved communism would take away their wealth and property
how did guilt about the treaty of versailles relate to the appeasement policy?
many brits felt treaty of versailles was too harsh, some felt guilty
many believed germans had a right to reverse actions
how did concerns about the spanish civil war relate to the appeasement policy?
desire to avoid feasts on the scale of WW1
fear of aerial bombardment suggested death toll could be high
how did hitlers charm relate to the appeasement policy?
hitler was able to convince the british that his demands were legitimate and limited to reversing the treaty of versailles
who was the leader of czechoslovakia in 1937?
edvard benes
when was the hossbach conference?
1937
what happened at the hossbach conference?
hitler secretly told his generals about his plans to take over austria and czechoslovakia
why did hitler want to gain control of czechoslovakia?
valuable mineral resources
contained 3 million germans (wanted greater germany)
feared russia could invade germany through czechoslovakia
didn't want to fight a war on 2 fronts
who was the leader of the sudeten nazi party?
henlien
what did hitler want from the sudetenland?
wanted separation of sudetenland from czechoslovakia
used german population of sudetenland to claim czechoslovakia
when was the berchetesgaden meeting?
15th september 1939
what happened at the berchetesgaden meeting?
hitler insisted he would risk war to bring sudeten germans to his greater germany
chamberlain agreed areas with more than half german population would be given to germany
when was the godesberg meeting?
22nd september 1938
what happened at Godesberg meeting?
realised how desperate britain and france was to avoid war
increased his demands
wanted all of the sudetenland by the 28th september or he would invade
wanted czech areas to go to hungary and poland
britain refused and prepared for war
when was the munich conference?
29th-30th September 1938
what happened at the munich conference?
russians and czechs weren't invited
agreed that hitlers demands would be met (would be given all of the sudetenland)
czechs were not consulted and were told arrangements
britain, france, germany and italy guaranteed safety of remainder of czechoslovakia
britain and germany agreed to never go to war
which countries weren't invited to the munich conference?
russia and czechoslovakia
what were the results of the munich conference?
chamberlain achieved "peace in our time"
appeasement would delay a war, not stop it
bought time for britain to prepare for war
czechs deserted by britain and france
benes resigned
hitler gained sudetenland without aggression, gained popularity at home
hitler gained military advantage from czechoslovakia britain and france not likely to oppose hitler
what was the strategic advantage of hitler gaining the sudetenland?
he could obtain rest of the country because of weakest defences
what territory did hitler force lithuania to give him?
memel
did britain and france help czechoslovakia from hitler?
no
when did germany invade czechoslovakia?
15th march 1938
why was poland one of hitlers targets?
because danzig contained germans speaking people -polish corridor cut off east prussia from rest of germany
what did hitler demand between east prussia and the rest of germany?
extra territorial links (poland refused)
what pact did hitler make with mussolini?
pact of steel
what countries did hitler make non aggression pacts with?
latvia, estonia, denmark
what was hitler convinced about british, france and poland
britain and france wouldn't fight for poland
why did negotiations between britain and the USSR fail?
britain sent low ranking officials by boat which offended stalin
ideological differences between britain and russia
russia didn't trust britain after munich
poles feared stalin and wouldn't accept aid from russia
why did stalin fear nazism?
if hitler gained poland he would continue to get lebensraum towards russia
hitler hated communism, ideological and economic differences
when was the nazi-soviet pact signed?
august 1939
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