OCR GCSE History Core 3 French and British Foreign Policy, Appeasement Flashcards

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French foreign policy was dominated by desire for...
Security against German attack.
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Give three examples of how France tried to achieve this.
1) Agreements signed with Germany's neighbours (Czechoslovakia, Poland), 2) Maginot Line built, 3) Appeasement
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Which countries did France sign agreements with, promising that they would defend each other against German attack?
Germany's neighbours; Poland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Romania
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What was the name of the strong, defensive fortification built along France's border with Germany?
The Maginot Line
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In what year did construction of the Maginot Line begin?
1929
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"In the late 1930s, French policy towards Germany was _______ ______ to British policy"
closely linked
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"Britain and France supported a policy of _________"
Appeasement
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Define "appeasement"
Allowing Hitler to take what territory he wanted, on the condition that he did not try to expand further.
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What was Britain's main interest after WWI?
The British empire. Hoped that the League of Nations would be able to keep peace.
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How had this changed by the mid 1930s?
Britain lost faith in the League of Nations as a peace keeping body, and formed its own foreign policy.
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Which two events in 1935 exemplify Britain operating independently of the League?
The formation of the Stresa Front with Italy and France, and the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement.
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From what year did Britain adopt a policy of appeasing Mussolini and Hitler?
1936
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As a result of this policy, what was Britain's reaction to Hitler occupying the Rhineland?
Refused to intervene.
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Similarly, what was Britain + France's reaction to Hitler's demand for Czechoslovakia in 1938?
They offered him the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia.
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In what year did Britain finally abandon the policy of appeasement?
1939
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"When Hitler invaded ______ in _________ 1939, Britain and France _____________.
Poland; September; declared war
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Give three examples of how France tried to achieve this.

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1) Agreements signed with Germany's neighbours (Czechoslovakia, Poland), 2) Maginot Line built, 3) Appeasement

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Which countries did France sign agreements with, promising that they would defend each other against German attack?

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What was the name of the strong, defensive fortification built along France's border with Germany?

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In what year did construction of the Maginot Line begin?

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