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• The nazi soviet pact led to war because it meant the Hitler could take Poland without facing a war on two fronts

  After the invasion of Czechoslovakia ,Britain and France had promised to support Poland if hitler invaded

  so which when he did they were forced to act .This was a short term cause of war.
• Other factors could include : appeasement (Britain and France could have prevented the rise of hitler when he was still weak such as when he remilitarised the Rhineland but instead they appeased him which gave Hitler confidence to carry on his road of war hitters foreign policy ( for example lebensraum - taking land such as the sudetenland, czechoslavkia and Poland meant that he would invade other countries which was an act of war)
• The League of Nations were set up in 1919
• Designed to stop was
• Appeasement is giving something to someone so that they will not be angry with you
• Hitlers first move was to re-militarise the Rhine Land
• In 1938 Germany took over Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia again britian and france didn't do anything about it
• In 1936 Germany took over Austria
• Germany took over Austria in March 1938
• In 1938 Germany took over Sudetenland
• In March 1939 germany took over rest of Czechoslovakia
• On September 1st 1939 germany invaded poland
• Germany invaded Poland on September 1st 1939
• The Munich Agreement was signed on September 29th 1938
• Britain, France, Italy and germany all agreed to give czechoslovakia back the sudetenland
• Czechoslovakia had no choice but to accept the agreement because if they didnt then Hitler would have invaded them anyway
• the league of nations was Woodrow Wilson idea
• Woodrow Wilson had 14 aims
• The aims were to encourage co operation

  disarmament

  improve social conditions

  world peace
• The League of Nations weaknesses

  didnt have an army and had to rely on Countries like Britain and France

  the USA didn’t join the league

  making decisions was a problem because everyone had to agree before anything got done
• The League of Nations success

  1920s the league was successful

  helped to arrest slave traders and drug dealers

  help to control some diseases

  the league solved the dispute over the Aa land islands .this stopped war between Sweden and Finland
• Failures of the league of nations

  people lost faith in the league after two events

  in both situations the league did not act quickly enough and made poor decisions

  this showed to Hitler that the league was not strong enough to stand in his way

  in 1932 Japan invaded manchuria an area of china

  it took the league 1 year to make an report

  the league wanted to ban all countries trading with Japan but Japan mostly traded with USA

  Britain wanted to stay friends with Japan

  without a threat of attack japan got away with invading Manchuria