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U2: C4- Outbreak of WW2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Guaranteed Belgian and French borders with Germany
      - Weimar Govt accepts demilitarization of Rhineland
      - :check: :red_cross:
    - - Agreed that all conflicts would be settled peacefully without war
      - However, no clear way to enforce the pact
      - :red_cross:
    - - Managed to get everyone to reduce to a certain ratio
      - 5:5:3:1.67:1.67
      - :check:
    - - Germany wanted to match others' armament levels
      - France refused to limit own armaments
      - USA and Britain refused to commit at level requested by France
      - Hitler withdrew from conference and LON
      - :red_cross:
- - - - Britain had a pacifist mood
      - France was holding elections - no politician wanted to be seen as trying to start a war
- - - - World War 1 weakened economy and military
      - Great Depression - Countries had to focus time and money to rebuilding their economy
      - Therefore, wanted to adopt POA so that they can prepare themselves incase of another war
    - - British felt Treaty of Versailles too harsh, pitied Germans
      - Some British politicians even admired Hitler
      - Some felt that giving in to Germany would even prevent another war
      - Both British and Germany hated communism
    - - Chamberlain thought Hitler wanted to only give Germany self-determination
      - Chamberlain gave in to Hitlers demands - German takeover of Sudetenland
      - Thought Hitler was reliable and could keep his promises - stop his demands after Sudetenland
      - Thus Chamberlain repeatedly gave in to Hitler's demands
    - - The capitalists wanted to prevent the spread of communism
      - E.g. Spanish Civil War, where Hitler had fought against the communists
      - Though Allies knew what Hitler was doing in Germany, they believed that he could be a reliable ally in defending against communism, acting as a shield against USSR
    - - Politicians do not want to stop Hitler's expansionist policies as they did not want to lose support of their people
      - eg: France was having elections during remilitarisation of rhineland - did not want to be seen as wanting to start another war
      - Public disgust towards war as many casualties
  - - - In order to prevent Hitler from starting a war as he threatened, he gave in to Hitler's demands to take over Sudetenland
    - - Allies did not take proper actions against Hitler when he violated the TOV
      - Made Hitler more bold and rash when it came to making demands
    - - British allowed Germany to have a naval fleet (One third of surface fleet, equal submarines)
      - Hoped that it will reduce anger of the Germans to avoid a war
- - - - Has support of Britain, France and USSR
      - Had a modern army
  - - - USSR
        
        Avoided a War on 2 Fronts (Germany+Japan)
        
        Bought time for USSR to strengthen its army
        
        Establish buffer states (Baltic states and Poland)
      - Germany
        
        Allowed Hitler to claim more territory (Poland)
        
        Avoid a war on 2 fronts (USSR+Allies)
        
        Allowed Hitler to lay the foundation for his later attack on USSR