Essential Question: Why did war break out in Europe?
- Review
- How did Appeasement Policy contribute to the outbreak of WWII?
- Treaty of Versailles too harsh
- Self-determination is acceptable
- Avoid war at all cost
- Results: Selling out Czechoslovakia; trading Sudetenland
- Understanding Goals
- How did the Munich Agreement & the Invasion of Czechoslovakia affect the Soviet Union?
- Seeking alliance with Britain?
- Seeking alliance with Germany?
- Why was the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact signed?
- Benefits for Germany
- Benefits for the Soviet Union
- Performance of Understanding
- Watch "The Nazis: A Warning from History"
- What evidence is there to suggest that WW2 could have been avoided.
