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GCSE History Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Home Learning Pack Week 5 Hitler and the causes of the Second World War (Part 2) 1. How did Hitler achieve Anschluss with Austria in March 1938? 2. Why did Britain and France not stop Anschluss? 3. What were the consequences of Anschluss? 4. Describe the events of the Sudetenland Crisis? 5. Which countries attended the Munich Conference in September 1938, and what were the terms of the Munich Agreement? 6. Why did Chamberlain follow his policy of appeasement? 7. What were the arguments against the policy of appeasement? 8. What were the consequences of the Munich Agreement? 9. How did Hitler take over the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, and why did Britain and France not stop Hitler? What were the consequences? 10. What were the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939? Why did Hitler sign the pact? Why did Stalin sign the pact? Page 1 of 3 GCSE History Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Home Learning Pack Practice questions Source D The front page of the British newspaper The Daily Sketch, 1 October 1938. The photograph shows Neville Chamberlain on his return from the Munich Conference. Source E The Daily Express comments on the Munich Agreement, 30 September 1938. People of Britain, your children are safe. Your husbands and your sons will not march to war. Peace is a victory for all mankind. If we must have a victor, let us choose Chamberlain, for the Prime Minister’s conquests are mighty and enduring – millions of happy homes and hearts relieved of their burden. Page 2 of 3 GCSE History Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Home Learning Pack Source F A British cartoon by David Low, 18 July 1938. The caption on the cartoon reads ‘What’s Czechoslovakia to me anyway?’ The rocks poised to fall read: Anglo-French security; French Alliances; Rumania; Poland; Czecho. Study Source D. Source D supports the British policy of appeasement in September to October 1938. How do you know? Explain your answer by using Source D and your contextual knowledge. [4 marks] Study Sources E and F. How useful are Sources E and F to a historian studying attitudes towards the policy of appeasement? Explain your answer using Sources E and F and your contextual knowledge. [12 marks] Write an account of Germany’s Anschluss with Austria in March 1938 became a success for his foreign policy. [8 marks] Write an account of how Hitler’s claim to the Sudetenland became an international crisis in September 1938. [8 marks] Write an account of how Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 became an international crisis. [8 marks] Write an account of how the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939 became an international crisis. [8 marks] Page 3 of 3 .

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