In GCSE History, students will look at the aftermath of World War One. One topic that is covered is Nazi Germany and her relations with other countries during the 1930s. This is the third of four quizzes on that subject. and it focusses on the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
Hitler's Nazi Party came to power in 1933, and immediately Hitler began his attempt to dismantle the Treaty of Versailles: in 1933 Germany left the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference. Britain was faced with a choice of policy: either give Hitler what he wanted ("appeasement"), or stop him, which would mean war.
Find out more about the policy of appeasement in this quiz.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45
In 1934 Hitler was relatively weak - rearmament had hardly begun, and his power over Germany was nothing like what it was later to become
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The British were faced with a choice: either confront Hitler by force to comply with the 1919 treaty, or do a compromise deal with him. Britain, as a great naval power, was anxious to limit German naval building to the point where it did not challenge British naval supremacy. However, Britain could expect little support from other states in pursuing this agenda
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This was a blatant infringement of Versailles., and possibly the last occasion when Hitler could have been successfully resisted. However, there were those who felt that Germany's treatment in 1919 had been too harsh, and that Hitler's aims were in any event limited. Others looked to the League of Nations for action, of which Britain was one of the leading members
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The attempt to keep weapons out of Spain was well-intentioned, but destined to fail, as the arms suppliers took no notice of regular appeals to desist from interference in what was, in essence, a civil war
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Franco loathed the Basques, who were devout Catholics but also supporters of the Spanish Republic. He therefore authorised this raid, which outraged international opinion
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The Czech government was elected democratically, but they faced a terrible dilemma when Czech territorial integrity was threatened by German aggression. Czechoslovakia did have a treaty of alliance with France and Russia from 1935, but Russia was excused from taking any action, unless France did so as well
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This area had never been part of Germany before - until 1919 it had formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, there were strong economic and strategic reasons why it should remain Czech
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Chamberlain had to travel to wherever Hitler happened to be at any given time
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The French hoped that they would not need to honour their treaty with Czechoslovakia, and that Britain would assist them in this
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Hitler intensified the crisis when he insisted that the claims of other states on Czech territory should be accommodated. Mussolini suggested an international conference to work out a compromise, and thus war was postponed until 1939. Italy was worried that she might be dragged into a war before she was ready
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