Appeasement 2 (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Critics' view: Hitler's claims about limited aims
Critics' view: Hitler's claims about limited aims
Hitler was lying about his intentions
Hitler's public statements on making Germany strong
Hitler's public statements on making Germany strong
Force was the only way
Key missed opportunity to stop Hitler (year)
Key missed opportunity to stop Hitler (year)
Rhineland remilitarization 1936
Hitler's likely action if challenged in Rhineland
Hitler's likely action if challenged in Rhineland
Would have been forced to retreat
Moral argument against appeasement
Moral argument against appeasement
Wrong to abandon Austria & Czechoslovakia to Nazi control
Stalin's view of appeasement policy
Stalin's view of appeasement policy
Felt threatened, couldn't rely on Britain & France
Nazi-Soviet Pact signing date
Nazi-Soviet Pact signing date
August 1939
Effect of Nazi-Soviet Pact on Germany
Effect of Nazi-Soviet Pact on Germany
Removed threat of two-front war
Most vocal critic of appeasement
Most vocal critic of appeasement
Winston Churchill
Churchill's crocodile quote about appeasers
Churchill's crocodile quote about appeasers
Feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last
Pattern created by unchallenged Hitler successes
Pattern created by unchallenged Hitler successes
Each success made him bolder with greater demands
When Hitler occupied rest of Czechoslovakia
When Hitler occupied rest of Czechoslovakia
March 1939
Churchill's belief about Hitler's territorial aims
Churchill's belief about Hitler's territorial aims
Would continue pushing regardless of concessions