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Part 8: Appeasement and the Road to War, 1918–1939
A study of Nazi foreign policy and the steps leading to the outbreak of war in 1939, illustrating the themes of ideology, appeasement and aggression.
Key issues and description of content
Paris Peace Treaties and the League of Nations, to 1933
- Treaty of Versailles and its impact on Germany. Formation, aims and organisation of the League of Nations. Weaknesses of the League. Successes and failures of the League in pursuing its aims.
Nazi foreign policy, 1933–38
- Aims of Nazi foreign policy. Nazi foreign policy in practice: re-armament; re-occupation of the Rhineland. Responses of Britain and France to Germany’s actions and the reasons for these; the Anschluss; the crisis in Czechoslovakia and the Munich agreement.
British and French appeasement, to 1938
- Responses of Britain and France to Germany’s actions and the reasons for these. Reasons for Chamberlain’s adoption of the policy of appeasement and the reaction in Britain to it. An assessment of the effectiveness of appeasement.
Final steps to war
- German occupation of Czechoslovakia. The Polish Guarantee. Pact of Steel; Nazi-Soviet Pact. The Polish crisis and the declaration of war. Reasons for the abandonment of appeasement and the decision to resist further aggression.
References for Part 8: Appeasement and the Road to War, 1918–1939
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