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Britain and WW2 Summery
The legacy of the Great War
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Hitler’s Foreign Policy, the Path to War, Appeasement, USSR’s Role, and the Invasion of Poland
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Britain and France followed the policy of appeasement which meant that they would not stop Hitler going into the Rhineland, taking over Austria and gave in when Hitler demanded Sudetenland
Chamberlain hoped that he would be satisfied and war would be avoided
It was a popular public policy as people thought that: It was only fair that Germany got back what the Treaty
of Versailles took People didn’t realise that Hitler’s lebensraum had no
limit as they didn’t read Mein Kampf Half the British Cabinet was against the policy
Even Chamberlain didn’t trust Hitler By 1937 he saw Hitler as a possible enemy He then began to re-arm Britain
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In Munich (1938), the USSR was not represented as was the Czechs
The West didn’t trust the East The USSR would broadcast Communist propaganda
in 17different languages which frightened the West They were suspicious of the Russians They also didn’t believe that the Soviet Army could
stand up against Hitler so wouldn’t Ally with them Russia claimed to want another war because
it would help Communism spread However, they didn’t want a war because the
country was not ready and they didn’t have the weapons
The USSR was wary of Germany as the Fascists hated Communism The USSR feared they would be attacked so they
made an agreement with Hitler In 1934, the USSR joined the League of
Nations but Stalin could not get the West to stand up to Hitler
The East Didn’t trust the West Stalin feared that, with Hitler’s next target being
Poland, the West would side with him and leave the USSR to fight on its own against him
Britain and France had not stood up to Hitler before On 23rd of August 1939, the Soviet-German
Pact was made
WHY THERE WAS A PACT
It gave the Soviet Union time to strengthen its defence
It believed that the West wanted Hitler to invade the USSR
Hitler offered peace while the Allies offered war – Stalin wanted the peace to pull the USSR together
It is believed that the Soviet Union would be the only winner in WWII making it the strongest nation as it wasn’t exhausting its resources
Stalin also agreed to take over Poland with Hitler – given him a buffer zone he wanted to spread Communism
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Propaganda around War times
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Evacuation, the Home Front, Churchill’s Takeover, Dunkirk and the Dunkirk Spirit, the Blitz, Turning Points, Women’s Role During the War, War in Europe, and the British Legacy
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