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Revision. Causes of WW2. Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?. “The Big Picture”. The steps to war, 1919-1939. In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Between 1933 and 1939 he made moves which made war more likely. Versailles &. Versailles &. Versailles League.

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  1. Revision Causes of WW2

  2. Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

  3. “The Big Picture” The steps to war, 1919-1939

  4. In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Between 1933 and 1939 he made moves which made war more likely. Versailles &

  5. Versailles &

  6. Versailles League

  7. Versailles League

  8. Rearmament Versailles League

  9. Rearmament Versailles League

  10. Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  11. Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  12. Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  13. Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  14. Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  15. Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  16. Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  17. Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  18. Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  19. Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  20. Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  21. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  22. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  23. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  24. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  25. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  26. Invasion of Poland, September 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939 Sudetenland taken 1938 Union with Austria 1938 WAR Rome-Berlin Axis Pact Rhineland Rearmament Versailles League

  27. Causes which built up over time… Long Term Causes League failure Versailles

  28. League failure = + Versailles right atmosphere for war

  29. + + + = Versailles League Appeasement Hitler almost certain war!

  30. Long term • Hitler’s leadership and aims • The failure of the League of Nations • The Treaty of Versailles • The isolation of the USA • British Appeasement • The failure to achieve disarmament

  31. So what did Hitler want? I had 4 major foreign policy aims.

  32. To unite German speaking people by uniting with Austria. To reverse the Treaty of Versailles by taking back the land Germany lost. To achieve Lebensraum (living space) for the German people by expanding eastwards. To re-arm Germany by increasing the Germany army and building an airforce.

  33. How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause WW2? • It created bitterness in Germany. • It helped Hitler come to power because he promised the German people that he would reverse it. • It gave Hitler his foreign policy aims.

  34. How did the failure of the League of Nations help cause WW2? • It failed to keep peace. • It failed miserably in Manchuria and Abyssinia and so set an example to Hitler. • It showed that Britain and France would do almost anything to prevent war. • Hitler learnt many lessons from all this.

  35. What was Hitler’s attitude to the Treaty of Versailles? [4] • unfair – it took away land, reduced the military and blamed Germany for causing the war which led to reparations; • humiliated Germany because of French desire for revenge; • it needed to be reversed to restore pride in Germany

  36. Missing words • economic depression • Manchuria • weak/useless/slow • Mussolini • Abyssinia • remilitarised the Rhineland • Stresa • Britain, France, Italy • Hitler and Mussolini

  37. Chronology • The Treaty of Versailles 1919 • Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931 • Hitler comes to power 1933 • Hitler begins to re-arm Germany 1934 • The remilitarisation of the Rhineland 1936 • The Rome-Berlin Axis 1936 • Neville Chamberlain – appeasement 1937 • The Austrian Anschluss 1938 • The Munich Conference Sept 1938 • Hitler gains the Sudetenland Sept 1938 • The invasion of Czechoslovakia March 1939 • The Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939 • The invasion of Poland Sept 1939

  38. Event – Versailles treaty • Helped Hitler come to power because it gave him his foreign policy aims – he could set about reversing it which helped cause the war because it led to Appeasement.

  39. Event – Appeasement • Helped cause war because it made Hitler more confident. By letting him take various lands, he became convinced that Britain and France would not stop him.

  40. Event – Manchuria • With Abyssinia, it showed Hitler how powerless the League of Nations was. Therefore he had nothing to worry about. He could do what he wanted.

  41. Event – The Nazi-Soviet Pact • Helped cause war because the agreement sealed the fate of Poland. By making a deal with the Soviets, Hitler avoided a war on two fronts.

  42. Event – invasion of Poland • Started the war because Hitler had gone too far for Britain and France. They stood up to him finally.

  43. Appeasement - FOR • gave Britain time to re-arm • a strong Germany was a barrier to Communism • British people did not want war • Hitler’s first demands were not unreasonable.

  44. Appeasement - AGAINST • naïve – Hitler had always made his aims clear • It put war off, it did not prevent it. • It encouraged Hitler to be more aggressive. • It made Germany stronger.

  45. Anyone got any good ideas about where we should take over now?

  46. Which country should be most worried now?

  47. I want the pink land! Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia)

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