Connection Activity

Column 1 and column 3 each have a word or phrase

in them. You have to work out what word or phrase should go in column 2 to connect them.

Look at the example above.

1 2 3

Airport Plane Holiday

1 2 3

Anglo Naval Agreement

Poland Germany

Destroy Versailles Treaty

Lebensraum

Versailles Treaty Rhineland

Austria Germany

Go on then! What are the missing links? If you get any wrong you

will be shot!

Anschluss, German, GrossDeutschland, de-militarised, Non-aggression Pact

Match the Description • WORD • Appeasement

• Sudetenland

• Anschluss

• Mussolini

• Munich

• Description • Area of Czechoslovakia with a large

number of German speakers

• Fascist leader of Italy, ally of Hitler

• Meeting Place where Chamberlain agreed

to allow Hitler to have the Sudetenland.

• Policy of giving in to the demands of an

aggressor in order to get peace.

• Union of Germany and Austria

The Big Picture

The Nazi Soviet Pact • By the end of this lesson you…….

• Must understand the importance of the USSR in European relations

• Should be able to say why Hitler and Stalin signed the pact

• May be able to say why the pact is so important.

Activation…..

The Role of the USSR

• Why was the USSR so important?

The Role of the USSR

• What does this Soviet cartoon tell you about the USSR’s view of Britain and France?

USSR

Chamberlain and Daladier

Western Europe

The Role of the USSR

• What does Low’s cartoon tell you about Britain and France’s view of the Soviet Union?

The Role of the USSR

• Britain and France guaranteed the frontiers of Poland in April 1939

• They had no way of protecting Poland from attack

• The USSR was the only country in a position to help Poland

• Britain and France began talks with the USSR but Poland was as afraid of Soviet invasion as Nazi invasion!

• Many people in Britain feared Communism more than Nazism

• Britain and France showed no urgency in signing a deal with Stalin and he felt that they were trying to direct the Nazis east towards him rather than face them in the west.

The Nazi Soviet Pact

• Why was the pact such a surprise?

SURPRISE !!!

Why did they sign ? • 10 year non aggression

pact, Hitler could invade

Poland without worrying

about the USSR

• USSR gave Germany raw

materials such as cotton,

cereals, chemicals, wheat.

• 10 year non aggression

pact. Stalin failed to get a

deal with Britain and France

and so made one with Hitler

to protect the USSR

• Germany gave USSR military

equipment and machinery.

Secret protocol: Germany and USSR agreed to

divide Poland. Germany to invade from the

West and USSR from the East.

Both sides gained time from the deal. Hitler

intended to attack the USSR eventually.

Stalin knew an attack would come.

Why was Hitler confident he could take

over Poland? I hate you but I

will work with

you to get part of

Poland

I hate you but I will work with you to get part of Poland for a

buffer zone

I will attack you

later but I want

to keep you quiet

for now.

I know you will

attack me

eventually but

this deal gives

me time to get

ready

What Is The Message Of This Cartoon ?

What Is The Message Of This Cartoon ?

The Invasion of Poland 1939

Consequences of the Nazi Soviet Pact

• It made an attack on Poland by Hitler inevitable.

Hitler had feared Soviet involvement but now

knew they would not move against him at this

time.

• Hitler was more confident Britain and France

would back down without the USSR as an ally.

• Britain had lost a potential ally in the USSR, they

had been best placed to oppose the invasion and

now they would be taking part in it against

Poland.

Demonstration

The outbreak of war • Danzig’s population was over

• Hitler demands Poland hand over control of

April 1939

• Hitler believed Britain and France would

back down as they had done over

• British public turns in favour of

Hitler

• . German troops invade Poland

• 3rd Sep 1939 declares war on

Germany

• Within four weeks Poland is overrun by

Germany and the

• . hopes that Britain and France

will accept his gains and seek peace. He is

mistaken

• Peace

• USSR

• Czechoslovakia

• opposing

• Hitler

• 90% German

• 1st Sep 1939

• Britain

• Danzig