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Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
Quick questions on Appeasement and the road to war: HSC Modern History Core Study
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What is the logic of appeasement?Show answer
Appeasement was the policy of conceding to Germany's revisionist demands in the hope that a satisfied Germany would not start a general war. The policy was driven by several factors.
What is the Nazi-Soviet Pact (23 August 1939)?Show answer
Negotiated by Foreign Ministers Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov, the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact stunned the world. Secret protocols divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence: Estonia, Latvia, Finland, eastern Poland, and Bessarabia to the USSR; western Poland and Lithuania to Germany. Stalin's logic was strategic: Anglo-Soviet talks earlier in 1939 had stalled, Munich had shown the west would not fight, and the pact bought time to rearm after the Purges. Hitler's logic was tactical: avoid a two-front war.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is an extract from Chamberlain's broadcast of 27 September 1938: "How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing." Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain how British policymakers justified appeasement. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which appeasement was responsible for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of A.J.P. Taylor and R.A.C. Parker on the responsibility of Neville Chamberlain for the failure of appeasement.
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