Exam questions

Question 1

why was the remilitarisisng of the rhineland important

Answer 1

• hitler grew confidence in breaking versailles
• Britain and France were rearming
• the French began prioritising protecting their own boarders and ignoring treaties
• hitler showed he was powerful

Question 2

what did anschluss mean for hitler (4)

Answer 2

• propaganda victory
• access to their army
• access to Eastern Europe
• bordering the sudetanland in three sides

Question 3

what were the consequences of the Munich conference

Answer 3

alienation of the ussr

Question 4

arguments for appeasement (5)

Answer 4

• avoid deaths
• hitlers promises
• too expensive during the great depression
• ally against communism
• people of Britain didn’t want war

Question 5

arguments against appeasement (5)

Answer 5

• hitler was openly violent
• it only made hitler more confident
• they missed opportunities eg the rhineland
• morally wrong
• alienated the ussr