Lesson 10

Lesson 10

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  • What hasHitler managed to achieve by 1938? • The policy that Britain and France followed during this time is often referred to as …….. • APPEASEMENT! Appeasement is defined as …. 1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe. 2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst. 3. To pacify or attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. Produce a two bubble maps: one of the positive sides to the policy of Appeasement and one for the negative sides of Appeasement.
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  Why did Britainand France follow the policy of Appeasement • Learning Objectives: • To analyse political cartoons regarding the policy of Appeasement • To find out what happened regarding Hitler and the Sudetenland OM Competences: Teamwork – analysing cartoons as a team Reasoning – justifying why Appeasement was right/wrong
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  Why did Britainand France follow the policy of Appeasement Can you explain why they followed Appeasement using these headings: Military reasons Economic reasons Fear Public opinion
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  Positives of Appeasement Negatives of Appeasement
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  Punch Magazine 1937
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  What Happened next with Hitler and Europe? • After Hitler successfully achieved Anschluss with Austria and the lack of resistance from Britain and France thus far gave Hitler confidence of achieving more of his original goals….. • Explain what happened regarding Czechoslovakia in no more than 10 sentences http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWappeasement.h tm • You can use page 56 -59 to help you
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  The Times • Addto your table of Hitler’s actions in the 1930s • Can you come up with newspaper headlines from a: • British Newspaper • German Newspaper • Czech Newspaper
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  Was the MunichAgreement a success or failure for Chamberlain? Positives Negatives
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  Sources regarding Czechoslovakia • Sources 32, 33, 34 page 58
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  The Nazi- SovietPact • On March 15th 1938 Hitler marched his troops into the rest of Czechoslovakia • Britain and France once again did nothing about this. • This was no longer an action Hitler could justify as rectifying the TOV – this was an invasion • His logical next step would be Poland • Hitler did not fear Britain and France, he actually was more worried about USSR- USSR had long been worried about Hitler as he had made no secret of his desire o expand Germany to the east • Stalin had tried to enter agreements with GB and France in the 1930s – Britain’s lack of resistence to Hitler worried Stalin and felt GB were happy for Germany to et stronger as it protected Europe from Communism • The Munich Agreement in 1938 increased Stalin’s fears of Britain backing Hitler + Britain protecting Poland
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  The USSR's feelings •Source 41 page 61 shows USSR feelings
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  Continued…. • 24th Aug1939 Stalin signs agreement with Hitler • This due to lack of faith in GB, fear of Hitler, desire for parts of Poland • 1st Sept Germany invades Poland • 2nd September – GB and France declare war on Germany. • Hitler never expected GB to go to war at this point and his German army were not fully prepared for this
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  Homework • Was Appeasementthe correct policy for Britain to follow? • Print off page 63 to help them