In GCSE History, one topic studied is the aftermath of World War One and one aspect of this that is looked at is Nazi Germany and her relations with other countries during the 1930s. This is the last of four quizzes on that subject and it looks in particular at the end of the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
The British and French governments had signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler in the autumn of 1938. There they continued with their policy of appeasement and gave in to demands from Germany for the cession of parts of Czechoslovakia. But Hitler's intentions were not yet at an end, as the events of 1939 were to show.
Find out how the policy of appeasement finally came to an end in this quiz.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45
These areas were on Hitler's list for invasion, and he now prepared to move further east still
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The town was still mostly populated by ethnic Germans, but the surrounding countryside was inhabited mainly by Lithuanians. Its invasion was a clear breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which Germany had signed in 1919
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The government announced increases in defence spending following the events of early 1939. However, there was some doubt about the government's determination to achieve this. Parliamentary critics of the government relied on inside information provided by serving officers, which was at variance with the official version
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If the western powers were to go to war against Germany, they would need firm allies in the east
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Stalin was deeply suspicious of everyone - even of his own close associates. He was expecting to be attacked sooner or later by Germany, but he hoped that he could buy time to enable Russia to be ready for war
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German negotiators had been in Moscow for some weeks, hammering out the terms of the deal. Now it only remained for a senior Nazi to sign the treaty
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Britain and France were bound by treaty to guarantee Poland's integrity. If they were to follow the etiquette from 1914, they would give Germany a chance to withdraw before war was declared
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To be political head of the Royal Navy in the Cabinet was a key position, tasked with defending the United Kingdom and the wider British Empire
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There were hardly any television sets in use in 1939, so major announcements were made on BBC Radio
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This was a larger force than the one that had landed in France in 1914, but it was still greatly outnumbered by the French army. However volunteers were joining up in large numbers and conscription was re-imposed
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