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History Notes-Causes of WWII (Policy of Appeasement (French & Britain…
History Notes-Causes of WWII
Failure of League of Nation (LON)
Not able to stop countries from invading (No standing army, nations self serving, Lack of involvement from US
Manchurian Crisis
Abyssinian Crisis
No control over members
Secret deals
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
Hoare-Laval Pact
Personality Clashes
Adolf Hitler
Ambitious
Expansionist Policy
Shrewd
Made use of Chamberlain's softness to gain territories
Betrayed Chamberlain's trust
Nerville Chamberlain
Hopeful for peace
Trustful of Hitler
Policy of Appeasement (French & Britain giving way to Germany to avoid war, from 1933, intensified on 1937 when Chamberlain became Prime Minister)
Munich Conference
Encouraged Hitler
Hitler invaded whole of Czechoslovakia
Russia angry of conspirators
Rhineland
Allows Hitler to build up defenses between France and Germany
Gave Hitler confidence
Anschluss
Make Hitler more confident
Let Hitler extend his control further
Unfair Treaty of Versailles (TOV) (Excuses for Hitler)
Military restrictions
Excuse to rearm (Spanish Civil War)
Anglo-German Naval Pact
Rhineland
Loss of land and Colonies
Regaining of Saar Coalfields
Gave Hitler resources he badly needed
Showed support for Hitler
Austria (Anschluss)
Reparations of £6.6billion
Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)
Germany
Avoiding two-front War from Russia & Britain + France
Germany can focus on invading Allies first
Confidence for invasion of other countries
Invading Poland without Soviet resistance
Russia (Angry and Suspicious of Allies for attending Munich Conference without them)
Buy time for Russia, lets it prepare for possible War with Germany