Produce a newspaper article

showing the German reaction

1. How do you feel overall?
2. What situation has the Treaty of Versailles left the
country in?
3. What are the terms and how do you feel about
them?
4. Who is to blame? Kaiser Wilhelm for fleeing?
Your government for stabbing you in the back by
signing it? The Big Three?
Re-Cap of the Year
 Jack the Ripper Ted Talk
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20 mins
WWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3UjJ5kxiLI 6 mins
 Road to War: Treaty of Versailles
- Aims of the ToV
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zdwcd2p 2 mins
- Appeasement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zf3n34j - 5 mins
- Contents of the ToV
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z7287ty 2 mins
WWII
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The Blitz - 12 mins
Road to War Quiz
 Questions
How did the Treaty of Versailles Influence Hitlers
plans?
Identify and explain three factors that allowed Hitler to
get away with rearming Germany
What treaties would Hitler be breaking by reoccupying
the Rhineland?
Identify and explain three reasons why Hitler wanted a
union between Germany and Austria
List four of the results of appeasement
Give two reasons why Hitler and Stalin would sign the
Nazi-Soviet Pact (one for each leader)
How did the Treaty of Versailles
Influence Hitlers plans?

How did the Treaty of Versailles

Influence Hitlers plans?
Abolish the Treaty of Versailles

Expand German territory

Hitler wanted to defeat communism

Identify and explain three factors that
allowed Hitler to get away with
rearming Germany

Identify and explain three factors that

allowed Hitler to get away with
rearming Germany
Hitler worked in secret
Germany left the League of Nations in 1934
It was supported by the German people provided
men with jobs and showed national pride
It undermined the Treaty of Versailles
Britain said that Germany could rearm but not be as
big as the British Navy
European public opinion did not support a war
What treaties would Hitler be
breaking by reoccupying the
Rhineland?

What treaties would Hitler be

breaking by reoccupying the
Rhineland?
Germany was not allowed to station troops there
due to the Treaty of Versailles. By stationing his
troops
there, Hitler was sending a bold message that he was
prepared to go against the Treaty of Versailles, and
perhaps
even invade France some day
Identify and explain three reasons
why Hitler wanted a union between
Germany and Austria

Identify and explain three reasons

why Hitler wanted a union between
Germany and Austria
Most Austrian people were of German origin
They were culturally German
They wanted to be part of Germany
Austria was economically weak, and Germanys
economy was getting stronger
The Nazi party was strong in Austria
Riots and fights secretly started by Hitlers supported
made it look like the Austrian people needed help
List four of the results of
appeasement
List four of the results of
appeasement
Appeasement:
let Hitler grow stronger.
gave Britain time to re-arm.
humiliated Britain no country in central Europe ever trusted Britain
again.
abandoned millions of people to the Nazis.
caused the war, by encouraging Hitler to think he could do anything.
gave Britain the moral high ground when war came, Britons knew they
had done everything possible to keep the peace.
would never have stopped Hitler, who was determined to go to war.
was a fine attempt to prevent the deaths of millions of people in a war.
Give two reasons why Hitler and
Stalin would sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact
(one for each leader)
Hitler

Stalin

Give two reasons why Hitler and
Stalin would sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact
(one for each leader)
Hitler
did not want to be fighting on two fronts if GB and France did go to war over
Poland.
Hitler did not want all of Poland in 1939
It allowed him to get ready for a future war against the USSR, when he would
take the parts of Poland as well as other land Stalin gained from the Pact.
Stalin
He wanted large parts of eastern Poland and the Baltic states
Poland and the USSR were enemies
He knew the Pact wouldnt last forever but it would give him a chance to build
up his weapons
GB and France were leaving him out of negotiations, he thought they wanted
Hitler to attack the USSR
The Treaty of Versailles
LO1) How was the Treaty of Versailles agreed?

LO2) Are you surprised by the terms of the Treaty of

Versailles?
LO1) How was the Treaty of Versailles agreed?

You are preparing for the Paris Peace Conference

in your groups and must agree what options
Britain will choose to be included in the Treaty of
Versailles.

1. Mark on your sheets the correct option for your

country for each point
2. Which points are most important to you? Which
could you negotiate about?
LO1) How was the Treaty of Versailles agreed?

You will now meet with the other countries. You

must agree on each term of the Treaty of
Versailles.
You will have 3 minutes to discuss and agree on
each term
Germany lost the war and so is not allowed to
speak
If the other three countries cannot agree in the
three minutes then Germany will get to choose.
The German representative must listen closely
which countries are treating you the worst?
Who should be blamed for the war?
a) Germany should accept all the blame for starting
the war
b) Germany should accept most of the blame but
not all
c) Several countries should accept that they were
all equally responsible for starting the war
Who will pay for the damage caused during the war?
Make the Germans pay 6.6 billion for the
damage and destruction even if it means the
country will never recover
Make them pay 50 million so that they are
punished but not enough to cause them
economic problems
Make them pay a small amount. Germany is
already in a bad state
LO1) How was the Treaty of Versailles agreed?

Wilson became ill and missed large parts of the

Paris Peace Conference
The American representative cannot speak for the next
two terms of the Treaty
What should be done about the German armed forces?
Force Germany to get rid of all its troops, weapons and
vehicles (ships, tanks, planes etc) so that it is left with
nothing
Leave the Germans with a very small army of 100,000 men.
They can only have 36 ships and cannot have any tanks,
submarines or aircraft. Conscription is not allowed (forcing
men to join the army)
Keep the German armed forces fairly strong so that
Germany can fight against Communism. They can have
250,000 soldiers, 50 ships, and all their tanks, submarines
and planes.
What should be done about Germanys overseas
empire?
Take away some of Germanys most important
colonies (countries that it rules) and give them to
Britain, France and America. Germany can continue
to rule the rest.
Take away all of Germanys colonies and give them
to Britain, France and America
Take away all of Germanys colonies and let them
rule themselves
What should be done about the land Germany won
in the East during WW1?
Let Germany keep the land so that it can recover
well
Take the land away from Germany and give it to
Britain, France and America to rule however they
want
Take the land away from Germany and let each
nationality rule itself as a new country
LO2) Are you surprised by the terms of the
Treaty of Versailles?