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Airport
Plane
Holiday
Column 1 and column 3 each have a word or phrase
in them. You have to work out what word or
phrase should go in column 2 to connect them.
Look at the example above.
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2
3
Anglo
Naval Agreement
Poland
Germany
Destroy Versailles
Treaty
Lebensraum
Versailles Treaty
Rhineland
Austria
Germany
Anschluss, German, GrossDeutschland, de-militarised, Non-aggression Pact
Go on then! What are
the missing links? If
you get any wrong you
will be shot!
Match the Description
• WORD
• Description
• Appeasement
• Area of Czechoslovakia with a large
number of German speakers
• Sudetenland
• Anschluss
• Fascist leader of Italy, ally of Hitler
• Meeting Place where Chamberlain agreed
to allow Hitler to have the Sudetenland.
• Mussolini
• Munich
• Policy of giving in to the demands of an
aggressor in order to get peace.
• Union of Germany and Austria
The Nazi Soviet Pact
• By the end of this lesson you…….
• Must understand the importance of
the USSR in European relations
• Should be able to say why Hitler and
Stalin signed the pact
• May be able to say why the pact is so
important.
The Role of the USSR
• Why was the USSR so important?
The Role of the USSR
USSR
Western
Europe
Chamberlain and
Daladier
• What does this Soviet cartoon tell you about the
USSR’s view of Britain and France?
The Role of the USSR
• What does Low’s cartoon tell you about Britain
and France’s view of the Soviet Union?
The Role of the USSR
• Britain and France guaranteed the frontiers of Poland in
April 1939
• They had no way of protecting Poland from attack
• The USSR was the only country in a position to help Poland
• Britain and France began talks with the USSR but Poland
was as afraid of Soviet invasion as Nazi invasion!
• Many people in Britain feared Communism more than
Nazism
• Britain and France showed no urgency in signing a deal
with Stalin and he felt that they were trying to direct the
Nazis east towards him rather than face them in the west.
SURPRISE !!!
The Nazi Soviet Pact
• Why was the pact such a surprise?
Why did they sign ?
• 10 year non aggression
• 10 year non aggression
pact, Hitler could invade
pact. Stalin failed to get a
Poland without worrying
deal with Britain and France
about the USSR
and so made one with Hitler
to protect the USSR
• USSR gave Germany raw
materials such as cotton, • Germany gave USSR military
cereals, chemicals, wheat.
equipment and machinery.
Secret protocol: Germany and USSR agreed to
divide Poland. Germany to invade from the
West and USSR from the East.
Both sides gained time from the deal. Hitler
intended to attack the USSR eventually.
Stalin knew an attack would come.
I hate you but I
Why
was
Hitler
confident
he
could
I hate you but I
will work with
will work with
you to get part
take over Poland? of Poland for a
you to get part of
Poland
I will attack you
later but I want
to keep you quiet
for now.
buffer zone
I know you will
attack me
eventually but
this deal gives
me time to get
ready
What Is The Message Of This Cartoon ?
What Is The Message Of This Cartoon ?
The Invasion of Poland 1939
Consequences of the Nazi Soviet Pact
• It made an attack on Poland by Hitler inevitable.
Hitler had feared Soviet involvement but now
knew they would not move against him at this
time.
• Hitler was more confident Britain and France
would back down without the USSR as an ally.
• Britain had lost a potential ally in the USSR, they
had been best placed to oppose the invasion and
now they would be taking part in it against
Poland.
The outbreak of war
• Danzig’s population was over
• Hitler demands Poland hand over control of
April 1939
• Hitler believed Britain and France would
back down as they had done over
• British public turns in favour of
Hitler
• .
German troops invade Poland
• 3rd Sep 1939
declares war on
Germany
• Within four weeks Poland is overrun by
Germany and the
• .
hopes that Britain and France
will accept his gains and seek peace. He is
mistaken
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Peace
USSR
Czechoslovakia
opposing
Hitler
90% German
1st Sep 1939
Britain
Danzig