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Chapter 4 - Outbreak of WWII in Europe - Notes

The document provides background information on the outbreak of World War II in Europe. It outlines the key learning objectives which are to examine the reasons for the outbreak and analyze the roles of key players. The reasons for the outbreak included the weaknesses of the League of Nations, Hitler's aggressive foreign policy, and the policy of appeasement. It also provides a timeline of major events from 1919 to 1939 that led to the start of WWII in Europe in September 1939.

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Chapter 4 - Outbreak of WWII in Europe - Notes

The document provides background information on the outbreak of World War II in Europe. It outlines the key learning objectives which are to examine the reasons for the outbreak and analyze the roles of key players. The reasons for the outbreak included the weaknesses of the League of Nations, Hitler's aggressive foreign policy, and the policy of appeasement. It also provides a timeline of major events from 1919 to 1939 that led to the start of WWII in Europe in September 1939.

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Unit 2: The World in Crisis

Chapter 4: Outbreak of World War II in Europe

History Elective Notes


Unit 2: The World in Crisis
Chapter 4: Outbreak of WWII in Europe

Key learning objectives:


1. Examine the reasons for the outbreak of WWII in Europe.
2. Analyse the roles of key players in shaping particular forces and developments during
this period.
o Reasons for the outbreak of WWII in Europe
- Weaknesses of the League of Nations
- Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy
- Policy of appeasement
Key concepts:
o League of Nations, appeasement, balance of power, collective security,
Communism, Fascism, Nazism, Militarism and authoritarianism
Key values and attitudes:
o Understand the cost of war and the impact of ideas taken to the extreme on human
lives
o Empathise with people who have lived through trying times under extreme
conditions
o Embrace the importance of cooperation and seek amicable solutions to ensure
peaceful co-existence between people and nations
o Understand that decisions and actions by people in the past were made and taken
in the context of that time

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Chapter 4: Outbreak of World War II in Europe

Time-line
No Time-line Description of event/s
1. 1919 (Jun) Treaty of Versailles signed.
2. 1921 (Nov) Washington Naval Conference held.
3. 1925-1926 Locarno Treaties signed.
4. 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact signed.
5. 1929 Great Depression where the New York Stock Exchange
crashed.
6. 1932 World Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
7. 1933 (Jan) Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany.
8. 1933 (Oct) Hitler withdrew from the League of Nations and stepped up
Germany’s secret rearmament programme.
9. 1934 (Aug) President Hindenburg died. Hitler became the Fuehrer.
10. 1935 (Apr) Stresa Front signed.
11. 1935 (2 May) Franco-Soviet Alliance signed.
12. 1935 (Jun) Anglo-German Naval Treaty signed.
13. 1935 (Oct) Italy invaded Abyssinia.
14. 1936 (7 Mar) Hitler remilitarized Rhineland.
15. 1936 (May) Italy conquered Abyssinia.
16. 1936 (Nov) Mussolini established Rome-Berlin Axis with Hitler; Hitler
signed Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan.
17. 1937 (Apr) Germany entered the Spanish Civil War on the side of the
Nationalists.
18. 1937 (May) Neville Chamberlain became the Prime Minister of Britain.
19. 1937 (Nov) Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact, forming the Axis
Powers with Nazi Germany and Japan.
20. 1937 (Dec) Italy withdrew from the League of Nations.
21. 1938 (13 Mar) Anschluss between Germany and Austria achieved.
22. 1938 (29 Sep) Munich agreement signed.
23. 1938 (1 Oct) Germany gained control of Sudetenland.
24. 1939 (16 Mar) Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia.
25. 1939 (23 Aug) Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed.
26. 1939 (1 Sep) Germany invaded Poland.
27. 1939 (3 Sep) Britain and France declared war on Germany thereby
starting WWII.
28. 1940 Mussolini declared war on Britain and France.

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Glossary of key terms/words


No Key terms/words Explanations
1. Expansionist A practice or policy to increase the amount of land
and power that a country has.
2. Appeasement A diplomatic policy whereby negotiations and
concessions are made to another country or
power, in order to avoid a war.
3. Rearmament The act of obtaining weapons and building up
military capabilities once more.
4. Conscription The practice of making it compulsory for people to
join the military service.
5. Pacifist The desire to make someone calm and satisfied
after they are angry or upset, in order to prevent
further unhappiness and violence.
6. Plebiscite A vote by which the people of a country express
an opinion for or against a government’s proposal.
7. Annex To take control of a country or area next to your
own, especially by using force.
8. Anschluss Union between Germany and Austria.
9. Protocol Code of behaviour/set of rules, set of procedures.
10. Anti-Comintern Anti-communist.
11. Locarno Germany promised to honour the terms of the
Treaties(1925- Treaty of Versailles pertaining to her Western
1926) borders.
12. Kellogg-Briand Countries agreed not to resort to war unless for
Pact (1928) self-defence.
13. Stresa Front (1935 Britain, France and Italy signed a treaty to resist
Apr) any attempt by Germany to undo the Treaty of
Versailles.
14. Franco-Soviet Signed after Hitler announced rearmament plans.
Alliance(1935 2 France and the Soviet Union agreed to help one
May) another if Germany attacked either.
15. Anglo-German Treaty whereby Germany was allowed to have
Naval Treaty (1935 equal tonnage of submarines as Britain.
Jun)

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