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Summary Origins and outbreak of WW2
Summary of the causes for the outbreak of WW2. AQA GCSE History: Conflict and Tension interwar years
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Origins and outbreak of WWIIAppeasement: Previous failings of the LoN:
Anglo-German Naval Agreement 1935 Disputes in 1920s
Lack of resistance to remilitarisation of Rhineland and Manchurian Crisis 1931
Anschluss
Abyssinian Crisis 1934-6
Response to Sudetenland Crisis – Munich Agreement
Consistently refused to condemn
allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland
leading nations as aggressors
Britain and France then allowed Hitler to invade the rest
Demonstrated weakness and
of Czechoslovakia
self-interest of LoN
Some felt that the ToV had been too harsh and so
Caused them not to be taken
supported policy of appeasement
seriously – lost all credibility
People were keen to avoid another war at all costs
Contributed to Germany, Japan
Appeasement and lack of action made Hitler not take and Italy leaving – weakened the
British and French threats seriously – gave him organisation
confidence that invasion of Poland would not be resisted
International agreements:
Anglo-German Naval Agreement 1935
Britain allowed Germany to increase the size of their navy
Showed Hitler that he would face no opposition from Britain in rearmament
Rome-Berlin Axis 1936
Italy and German were now allies – Hitler confident he would have support
Anti-Comitern Pact 1936
Signed by Italy, German and Japan in an attempt to stop the spread of communism
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact 1939
Gives Hitler confidence that he will not face a war on two fronts
Hitler’s aims: Rearmament
Lebensraum – living space Secret from 1933, open from 1935
e.g. Poland, Czechoslovakia Development of Luftwaffe, U-boats,
warships etc
Grossdeutschland – uniting of all ethnic Germans Facilitated by AGNA
e.g. Anschluss, Sudetenland, Saarland Luftwaffe involved in Spanish Civil War
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