Causes of WW2

Causes of WW2In Europe

• Treaty of Versailles– Solved nothing

• League of Nations– Failed to keep the peace

• Appeasement– Letting Hitler rearm– Letting Hitler reoccupy the Rhine– Letting Hitler pursue Anschluss– Letting Hitler take the Sudetenland

• Hitler’s Expansionism– Defeat Communism– Pursue ‘living room’ for the German people

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Causes of WW2In Asia & The Pacific

• Western Attitudes to Japan– Treaty of Versailles– US Immigration Policy

• Industrialisation of Japan– Increased reliance on imported raw materials

• Build up of Militarism in Japan– Militarists control of government– Assassination of opponents

• Expansionism– Invasion of Manchuria– Attack on Pearl Harbour

• Who was Georges Clemenceau?

• Who was Woodrow Wilson?

• Who was David Lloyd George?

• What did France hope to achieve from the peace settlement concluded after WWI?

• What did the USA hope to achieve from the peace settlement concluded after WWI?

• What was the Anschluss?

• What were the terms of Versailles Treaty?

• What was the Weimar Republic?

• What important event took place in German history in 1933?

• The membership of the Nazi Party in its early stages was mostly composed of?

• What were Hitler's policy aims?

• What was the result of the policy of appeasement?

• What was the result of the failure of the League of Nations?

• In which year did Germany sign a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia?

• Why was Hitler's invasion of Poland a significant event in the build-up to war?

• Who was British Prime Minister at the start of WWII?

• Which countries belonged to the Axis?

• In the 1930s Japan invaded which area?

• 7 December 1941 is an important date in WWII because?

• Who was Robert Menzies?

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Answer key to practice quiz1. C. Poland2. B. take over the Sudetenland3. A. Britain’s policy of avoiding conflict with Nazi Germany4. D. all of these are reasons for Germany’s justification in seeking

Lebensraum5. C. the Americans were completely surprised6. B. 19317. D. Japan’s diplomatic isolation and withdrawal from the League of

Nations8. D. increasingly relied on imported raw materials9. B. Britain, USA and Australia voting against the proposed racial

equality clause at the Treaty of Versailles10. A. militarism