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Conflict and tension 1918 to 1939

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Why did appeasement fail to prevent the outbreak of war in 1939?

The policy of appeasement and the Sudetenland and Munich Agreement, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the invasion of Poland that triggered war in September 1939.
A focused answer to the final section of AQA's Conflict and tension depth study, covering the policy of appeasement, the Sudetenland crisis and the Munich Agreement, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the invasion of Poland that brought Britain and France into the war in September 1939.
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What were the aims of the peacemakers, and why was the Treaty of Versailles so resented?

The armistice and the aims of the Big Three, the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, German reactions to the treaty and the wider peace settlement of 1919 to 1920.
A focused answer to the peacemaking section of AQA's Conflict and tension depth study, covering the differing aims of the Big Three, the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the bitter German reaction, and the wider settlement with the other defeated powers.
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How was the League of Nations set up, and why did it fail in the 1930s?

The aims and structure of the League of Nations, its successes and failures in the 1920s, and how the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises destroyed it in the 1930s.
A focused answer to the League of Nations section of AQA's Conflict and tension depth study, covering the League's aims and structure, its mixed record in the 1920s, and how the Depression and the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises exposed its fatal weaknesses.
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How did Hitler's foreign policy and aggression push Europe towards war?

Hitler's foreign policy aims, German rearmament and the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, the Anschluss with Austria, and the growing tension across Europe by 1938.
A focused answer to the road to war section of AQA's Conflict and tension depth study, covering Hitler's foreign policy aims, rearmament, the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, the Anschluss with Austria and the rising tension that set Europe on course for war.
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