3.2.5 Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1938

Question 1

How many German speaking people were situated in the Sudetenland?

Answer 1

3 million

Question 2

The Sudetenland was rich in natural resources and had important factories in it. What is an example of a factory that could be used to build tanks?

Answer 2

Skoda

Question 3

Which British Prime Minister flew to meet Hitler in 1938?

Answer 3

Chamberlain

Question 4

Why was there a popular positive attitude towards the invasion of the Sudetenland? (2)

Answer 4

• They thought much of what Hitler was doing was acceptable because the land housed German speaking people and the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh
• People believed Hitler’s promise of peace if he got what was set out in the policy of appeasement

Question 5

Reasons the invasion of the Sudetenland was accepted (3) :

Answer 5

• The land housed German speaking people
• The Treaty of Versailles was too harsh
• It avoided another war