Why had international peace
collapse by 1939?
Table of contents:
- What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919-23?
- What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s?
- How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of the war in 1939?
- Was the policy of appeasement justified?
- How important was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
- Why did Britain and France declare was on Germany in September 1939?
Hitler’s foreign policy
German rearmament
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Anschluss with Austria
The transfer of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
Reoccupation of Prague
Seizure of Memel
Claims made over Danzig and the Polish corridor
Impact of Britain and France opinion
Britain: satisfied by the harsh, punitive aspect of the Treaty
In the 30s the British government encircles that the treatment on Germany was too
harsh
o Followed the aspect of the Treaty was unfair
British duty to assist Germany in anciency the peaceful revision of the Treaty
(The British were partly responsible for the nature of the settlement)
France: thought that the Treaty was not harsh enough
Wanted permanently disable Germany in order to guarantee security
A settlement of anomalies
Separation of East Prussia from the main bulk of German territory by the Polish Corridor
The placing of Danzig (controlled by the LON), over population by Germans
Placing of 3 ½ million of Germans under Czech rule of the Sudetenland
The LON meant to be the main way of preserving world peace
Saar plebiscite
1935 the LON held the promised plebiscite for people to vote on whether their region should
return to German ruling
Overwhelmingly a huge success for Hitler (persuaded by Joseph Goebbels
propaganda minister
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
collapse by 1939?
Table of contents:
- What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919-23?
- What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s?
- How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of the war in 1939?
- Was the policy of appeasement justified?
- How important was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
- Why did Britain and France declare was on Germany in September 1939?
Hitler’s foreign policy
German rearmament
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Anschluss with Austria
The transfer of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
Reoccupation of Prague
Seizure of Memel
Claims made over Danzig and the Polish corridor
Impact of Britain and France opinion
Britain: satisfied by the harsh, punitive aspect of the Treaty
In the 30s the British government encircles that the treatment on Germany was too
harsh
o Followed the aspect of the Treaty was unfair
British duty to assist Germany in anciency the peaceful revision of the Treaty
(The British were partly responsible for the nature of the settlement)
France: thought that the Treaty was not harsh enough
Wanted permanently disable Germany in order to guarantee security
A settlement of anomalies
Separation of East Prussia from the main bulk of German territory by the Polish Corridor
The placing of Danzig (controlled by the LON), over population by Germans
Placing of 3 ½ million of Germans under Czech rule of the Sudetenland
The LON meant to be the main way of preserving world peace
Saar plebiscite
1935 the LON held the promised plebiscite for people to vote on whether their region should
return to German ruling
Overwhelmingly a huge success for Hitler (persuaded by Joseph Goebbels
propaganda minister
Remilitarization of the Rhineland