Hitler foreign policy Lowe Qs-30-44 by https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97 Made with joy en-us 2017-03-09 02:40:18 UTC 2017-03-13 05:39:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Marian #33-35 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568195 The Munich Conference (29 Sept 1938)
  1. How was Czechoslovakia destroyed in the aftermath of the Munich Conference?
    Czechoslovakia was crippled by the loss of 70 percent of her heavy industry, a third of her population, roughly a third of her territory and almost all her carefully prepared fortifications. Slovakia was encouraged by Germany to declare independence, as Hitler placed pressure on the PM Tiso, to declare independence and request German help. 

  2.  How did internal problems in Slovakia and Ruthenia give Hitler the opportunity to ‘act’ against the Czechs?
    As Czechoslovakia began collapsing, and economic situations further deteriorated, Hitler brought the new Czech president, Emil Hacha, to Berlin. He blackmailed Hacha into agreeing to his country being turned into a German protectorate without Czech resistance, or else Prague would be bombed. (an example of political blackmail) 

  3. How did the appeasers (Britain and France) allow for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany to happen?
    They granted him the Sudetenland at the Munich Conference, and took no action against the German invasion of Czechoslovakia due to the technicality that the ‘German troops had entered by invitation’. Their lack of resistance toward Hitler’s initial conquests in Eastern Europe illustrated their continuing trend of minimal resistance. 
]]> 2017-03-13 05:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568195 Olyvia #30-32 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568208 Munich to the Outbreak of War: Sept 1938 to Sept 1939
  1. What were the factors that made Sudetenland a ‘propaganda campaign’?
    • Hitler’s excuse for opening the propaganda campaign was that 3.5 million Sudeten Germans were being discriminated against by the Czech government. 
    • Unemployment was more serious among the Germans because a large proportion of them worked in industry, where unemployment was most severe due to the depression 
    • Nazis organized huge protest demonstrations in the Sudetenland. 

  2. What benefits did control of Czechoslovakia give to Germany at the time?
    Control of Czechoslovakia would give advantages to Germany’s military and economic dominance of central Europe.
    - Mobilization of the Czech army 

The Munich Conference (29 Sept 1938)
  1. What was the Munich Conference and how was it a ‘huge victory’ for Hitler according to Lowe?
    The Munich Conference was one attended by the French, the British, the Czechs and the Germans, where the Sudetenland was given to Germany, and it established that Czechoslovakia belonged to Germany and the other three powers. Consequently, Britain and Germany signed a statement, known as the ‘scrap of paper’ where both sides promised to renounce warlike intentions and consult each other when problems were present. It was a victory for Hitler because he was able to gain control over the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia without having to go to war. Thus, achieving all his goals without the expense of manpower and resources. 
]]> 2017-03-13 05:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568208 Stephanie #43-44 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568221 1.    What were main opening moves made by Germany at the outset of WW2?
Main opening moves by Germany at the outset of WWII by the end of September the Germans and Russians had occupied Poland. After 5 month pause Germans occupied Denmark and Norway. Hitler attempted to bomb Britain into submission in Battle of Britain but Mussolini armies invaded Egypt and Greece.
2.   How did WW2 become a ‘worldwide conflict’ by the summer of 1942?
WWII become a worldwide conflict by summer of 1942 by Hitler confidence over Britain, launched an invasion of Russia breaking through the Non-Aggression Pact. The attack at the Pearl Harbor and followed occupying terrorites such as Philippines etc which at this stage of war there seemed to be no way of stopping the Germans an Japanese through the Italian were less successful.
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  • What facts suggest that the USSR made WW2 inevitable?
    1. The USSR has been accused of making war inevitable by signing the non-aggression pact with Germany on 23 August 1939, which also included a secret agreement for Poland to be partitioned between Germany and the USSR.
  •  What facts suggest that Hitler was to blame for WW2?  Explain the viewpoints of  historians for why Hitler should be blamed for this.
    1. By attacking Poland on all fronts instead of merely occupying Danzig and the Corridor, Hitler showed that he intended not just to get back the Germans lost at Versailles, but to destroy Poland.
    2. View points of historians
      1. Martin Gilbert agrees that Hitler’s motive was to remove the stigma of defeat in the First World War;
      2. Hugh Trevor-Roper and many other historians believe that Hitler intended a major war right from the beginning.
  • Why do Taylor, Gregor, Bullock and Tooze suggest that there were other factors leading to the outbreak of WW2. Explain.


    • ]]>     2017-03-13 05:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568422     John #36-39 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/cenpptuofy97/wish/159568447 1. What were the main reasons behind Hitler’s demand of Danzig and its return to Germany?
    Hitler showed that he intended not just to get back the germans lost at Versailles, but to destroy Poland. Some people argue that his motive was to remove the sigma of defeat in the First World War. 

    2. What were the main motives behind Germany’s invasion of Poland?  How did the appeasers assist in making this possible for Germany?
    Hitler intended a major war right from the beginning. Consider the weakness of Poles and the hatred of Communism, Hitler decided to invade Russia, however, the destruction of Poland was an essential preliminary to the invasion of Russia. 

    3. What were the views of historians such as Bullock that suggest the appeasers were to blame for Germany’s invasion of Poland?
    “Success and absence of resistance tempted Hitler to reach out further, to take bigger risks. ” The surrender of Munich had given Hitler a decision to gamble on war with Poland since he believed that both France and Britain could remain passive.

    4. What were the views of Charmley, Roberts and Overy that suggest the appeasers may not be to blame?
    John Charmley argues that Chamberlain had very little option button act as he did, and that Chamberlain’s policies were far more realistic than any pf the possible alternatives. Roberts argues that both Britain and France must at least share responsibility for the war. Richard Overy pointed out that Britain and France had their own interest and motives for the war.

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