Cambridge IGCSE History
B3How far was Hitler's foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939?
Overview
Specified content: Hitler's foreign policy aims; rearmament; the Saar; the remilitarisation of the Rhineland; the Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact; German and Italian involvement in the Spanish Civil War; the Anschluss; the Czechoslovakian crisis and the Munich Agreement; the Polish crisis and the outbreak of war.
Learning objectives
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- B3.1Explain the long-term consequences of the Treaty of Versailles.
- B3.2Explain the consequences of the League's failures in the 1930s.
- B3.3Assess whether appeasement was justified.
- B3.4Assess how important the Nazi-Soviet Pact was.
- B3.5Explain why Britain and France declared war on Germany in September 1939.
Lessons
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Anschluss, Munich and appeasement, 1938
30 min
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Hitler's aims and early foreign policy, 1933-1936
30 min
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The outbreak of war in 1939: who was to blame?
30 min
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