The document discusses four main theories for why international peace collapsed in 1939 leading to World War 2: 1) failure of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations, 2) Hitler's aggressive foreign policy, 3) the policy of appeasement, and 4) an investigation into which one is most responsible. It then goes on to discuss the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and how it may have led to WWII 20 years later through imposing harsh terms on Germany after WWI.

1. WHY DID INTERNATIONAL PEACE
COLLAPSE IN 1939?
L.O:
1. To write a report on Hitler and his
plans for overturning the Treaty of
Versailles
2. To know what the policy of
Appeasement was analyses its
effectiveness

2. There are 4 main theories as to
what was responsible for World
War II breaking out in 1939:
1. It was the Treaty of
Versailles/ failure of the
League of Nations fault
2. Hitler wanted to take over
the world and started WWII
to achieve this and therefore
it was Hitler’s aggressive
foreign policy’s fault
3. It was the Policy of
Appeasement’s fault.
We will investigate each of these
and see which one is to blame ….

3. HOW CAN THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD WAR II?
….. Can you explain how the TOV may have caused the war 20 years
later?

4. The terms of the Treaty of
Versailles
Write down in detail what the terms of the Treaty fo Versailles were …..
The War Guilt Clause and Reparations: G
Germany were held fully responsible for starting the war all the damage
caused by the war were ordered to pay the FULL cost of the damage
caused by the war. The bill was £6,600 million!
A
Germany’s armed forces:
R
1. Army limited to 100,000 men
2. Germany not allowed armoured vehicles, submarines or aircraft
3. Only 6 battleships
G
Germany lost territory
L
They lost land such as Alsace Lorraine, the Rhineland became
demilitarized, and the Saar went to France for 15 years E
Germany lost all of its colonies in AF
Ica to Britain and France,

5. Were the Big Three ‘Stupid Men’?
‘The Historian, with every justification, will come to the conclusion
that we were very stupid men…. We arrived determined that a
Peace of wisdom and justice should be negotiated; we left the
conference conscious that the treaties imposed upon our enemies
were neither just nor wise’
Harold Nicholson, British diplomat, speaking in 1919. he was on of
the ;leading officials at the Paris Peace Conference.

6. The Rise of Adolf Hitler

7. Hitler’s Early Years
Born in 1889 in Austria
Left school at 16 to become a painter but became
poor. He began to resent Jewish people because
many of them had lots of money or owned
businesses.
Hitler joined the German Army in 1914 and served
his country well in WWI
He despised the Weimar Republic and wanted to
go back to the ‘glorious days’ of the Kaiser
In 1919 he joined the German Worker’s Party and
by 1921 he was its leader and he renamed the
group the Nazis.
Hitler gave fantastic speeches which were so
popular that other parties tried to disrupt them.
Although the Nazis’ popularity was
increasing, they were still a minority party

9. During his time in Prison
….
Whilst in Prison Hitler wrote his book Mein
Kampf (My Struggle)
In this book Hitler outlined what he felt had gone
wrong so far in his political career along with his
plans for Germany should he ever get into
power.
He was very critical of the government
(‘Novemeber Criminals’) for signing the Treaty of
Versailles and getting the country into a financial
mess trying to pay reparations that he believed
Germany didn’t owe.
He also blamed the Jewish population in
Germany for the loss of World War I as he
believed that the rich Jewish businessmen did
not come to financial aid of Germany when they
needed them most during the war. He felt if they
had helped fund the war then Germany would
have won the war.

10. Hitler’s rise to Power
Hitler steadily increased the number of Nazi supporters throughout the 1920s by:
1.showing strong and decisive leadership of his party (something the current
government was lacking)
2. Using many forms of propaganda such as posters, speeches, radio braod
casts etc to convince the Gemran public that the Nazis were what the Germans
needed
3.Staging very large political rallies and giving very impressive speeches in
which he promised to sort out Germany's promises
By 1933 Hitler had managed to get the Nazi party as the largest political party in
Germany and as a result he was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933

11. As a group you need to come up with a report that will be made to the British
public about what Hitler plans to do now he is in charge
You need to also recommend action that you think the British/western
governments should do about Hitler.
You can use any of the information I have told you about what kind of man he
is and any of the evidence I will provide you with to complete your report.
Remember: as a reporter, you can only report things that you have the
evidence to back it up.
You can state your opinions but you need some form of evidence to support
why you have that opinion.

12. You are going to have to continue to be reporters and find out whether your
predictions of Hitler are true or not…..

13. You need to create this table and use the information in the video clip and the
textbook pages 48 – 53 to complete as much of the table as you can.
Terms of What Hitler What Hitler What What Positives Negatives Alternative
the Treaty promised did excuse Britain and to this to this action
of to do Hitler gave France did action action
Versailles for his
actions
Army
reduced
Rhineland
Demilitarized
Germany
forbidden to
unite with
Austria
The
Sudetenland
taken into
Czechoslovaki
a
The Polish
Corridor given
to Poland

14. How did the USA view what was going on
in Europe in 1936?

15. What has Hitler managed to achieve
by 1938?
The policy that Britain and France followed during this time is often
referred to as ……..
APPEASEMENT!
Appeasement is defined as ….
1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.
2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.
3. To pacify or attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting
concessions, often at the expense of principle.
Produce a two bubble maps: one of the positive sides to the
policy of Appeasement and one for the negative sides of
Appeasement.

16. Positives of
Appeasement

17. Negatives of
Appeasement