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 ?

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 Conference in , and what were the terms of the ?

6. Why did Chamberlain follow his policy of ?

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 in , and why did Britain and France not stop Hitler? What were the consequences?

10. What were the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of ? Why did Hitler sign the pact? Why did Stalin sign the pact?

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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 . The photograph shows 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.

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GCSE History Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Home Learning Pack Source F A British cartoon by David Low, 18 . 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]

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