Appeasement Questions

1. Why were the countries of Europe so keen to avoid another war? They still have the horrors of World War I fresh in their minds and they do not want to experience another one.

2. What did Hitler claim when he united Germany and Austria? He claimed that he was uniting all German people in one ‘greater Germany’.

3. What was the part of Czechoslovakia where most German speakers lived called? Sudetenland

4. Give two reasons why Germany couldn't just take over Czechoslovakia. He wanted them to like the Nazis and he couldn't just invade Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was allied with the Soviet Union and probably Hitler didn't not want a war with Stalin.

5. a) Which four countries were at the Munich conference? Germany, England, France and Italy.

b)In your opinion, should any other countries have been invited? Why? The other countries should be invited because this is a political worldwide problem and there should be more countries in that conference than just four.

6. What was agreed at the Munich conference? Germany only gets Sudetenland and Hitler promised to not get any more land (ironically).

7. Why did many people feel giving in to Germany at Munich was a good idea? This conference "proved" that Britain and France can avoid war with Germany and that is good.

8. Translate Chamberlain's opinion of the Munich Agreement, into your own words. He is saying that he and the French prime minister has successfully avoided war with Germany peacefully.

9. Explain what Churchill thought of the Munich Agreement. He believed that this avoidance to war is not over. Sooner or later, there will be a war against Nazi Germany and maybe the Allies won't win this one (World War II).

10. In your opinion, how do you think the people of Czechoslovakia felt about the agreement?[Remember the different areas of Czechoslovakia.] I think some of the Czech people that are near the German border are happy because they are reunited with Germany again. The other Czech people are dissatisfied because they just lost a chunk of land and maybe Hitler and his Nazis will come and get all of Czechoslovakia, too.

Bonus Question: In early 1939, Hitler ordered his armed forces to prepare to ‘smash the remainder of the Czech state’. On 15 March 1939, German troops invaded the remaining part of

Czechoslovakia. WAS THE POLICY OF APPEASEMENT JUSTIFIED? No, it was not justified because Hitler promised not to get any more land, yet he took Czechoslovakia and later Poland.

I hope you are satisfied with this, Mr. Lemons.

Fascism and Nazism

All right, Mr. Lemons, here is my blog for this week.

The similarities of Fascism and Nazism are that they were created as a reaction to the unfair Versailles Treaty. They also give equal rights to all citizens. They are both parts of socialism. They both control their countries (Nazism in Germany and Fascism in Italy). Parts of Nazism are based on Fascism (Mussolini was before Hitler).

Let's answer those questions:

1. What ideology do you believe would more appeal to adolescents? Why? (State examples). It seems as though Nazism sounds really appealing because the article talks about respecting people, getting power and land and it seems very convincing to a teenage German.
2. Looking at the Fascist ideal, what you find would be the hardest part of getting the populations acceptance? Explain. Probably having the Fascist government control Italy might seem hard because Fascism was new and people weren't used to it yet.
   
3. Looking at the Nazi ideal, what you find would be the hardest part of getting the populations acceptance? Explain. Having the Nazis take your land is the hard part because everyone wants land. No one would give up their land for anything. I believe that land=power; therefore, it seems stupid to give up power.