1. Appeasement and the Road to War The Exam Five sources Five questions One hour 25 minutes Paper Two The Internal Assessment This is the same as the external exam It will happen in March when the content for paper two is finished

2. Course Content 1.Background 2.German Re-occupation of the Rhineland 3.Spanish Civil war 4.Anschluss (Nazi takeover of Austria) 5.Czech crisis 6.Polish crisis 7.Arguments for and against appeasement Skills You have to learn how to answer 5 different source based questions

3. The Background On the 11 November 1918 the guns went silent on the western front. The “war to end all wars” had ended. On September 3 1939 Neville Chamberlain announce that Britain as once again at war with Germany. Why had this happened?“war to end all warsSeptember 3 1939 Franz Ferdinand’s car. The number plate is A11111118. Spooky or what?

4. You will need to know - The definition of appeasement Why the Treaty of Versailles caused so many problems What the League of Nations was and whether it was successful The terms and importance of the locarno Pacts of 1925 The terms and significance of the Franco-Soviet Pact The aims of Fascist foreign policy The early “warning signs” German rearmament and Britain’s response The Italian invasion of Abyssinia and the League’s response