Topic 3 Hitler`s foreign policy and World War 2 Description
Questions
Where found? Question 7, Paper 1
How long should I take on them? 4-5 minutes.
Top Tips? Write one paragraph. Aim to describe 2 or 3
points.
Specimen paper:
Describe how Hitler took control of Austria in 1938. (4 marks)
Jan 2011:
Describe how the Nazi-Soviet led to the outbreak of war in September 1939.
June 2011:
Describe the main features of the 1934 agreement Hitler signed with Poland
and the 1935 naval agreement with Britain. (4 marks)
Jan 2012:
Describe Hitler`s main aims in foreign policy. (4 marks)
Jan 2013:
Describe what happened in the Saar in 1935 and its importance to Hitler.
June 2013:
Describe how Hitler was able to remilitarise the Rhineland in 1936
June 2014:
Describe Hitler`s actions in foreign policy between 1933 and 1935.
June 2015:
Describe Hitler`s aims in foreign policy.
Topic 3 Hitler`s foreign policy and World War 2 Source evaluation
questions
Where found? Topic 3 question 8
How long should I take on them? 13 minutes
Top Tips? Make sure you use specific knowledge and the
source. Discuss its provenance (WWWW)
June 2015:
June 2014:
June 2013:
Explain your answer using the source and your knowledge. (6 marks)
Jan 2012 exam:
Source C An extract from the Nazi-Soviet Pact, published in August 1939.
The governments of Germany and the USSR, aiming to strengthen the peace between them, have
agreed that they will not attack each other, either alone or with other countries.
Study Source C
Source C suggests that the main aim of the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 was to
strengthen the peace between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia..
Do you agree that this was the main aim of the pact?
Explain your answer using the source and your knowledge. (6 marks)
June 2011 exam:
Source C: A comment made by Lord Lothian in 1936 about the remilitarisation
of the Rhineland. He was a senior advisor to the British government.
The Germans are, after all, only going into their own back garden.
Study Source C
Source C gives one reason why Britain did not oppose Hitler`s remilitarisation
of the Rhineland in 1936
Do you agree that this was the main reason?
Explain your answer using the source and your knowledge. (6 marks)
Topic 3 Hitler`s foreign policy and World War 2 Essay/bullet point
questions
Where found? Question 9 Paper 1.
How long should I take on them? 17 minutes.
Top Tips? Write 3 paragraphs. 1 for each bullet point then a
conclusion; compare and explain which bullet point more
important.
Specimen paper: Which was the bigger threat to European peace in the 1930:
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The re-militarisation of the Rhineland 1936
the Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939?
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. (10 marks)
Jan 2011: Which of these two events was the greater success for Hitler in his foreign policy:
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the remilitarisation of the Rhineland 1936
the Anschluss with Austria, 1938?
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. (10 marks)
June 2011 What was more important as a cause of the Second World War:
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Hitler`s aims in foreign policy
Neville Chamberlain`s policy of appeasement, 1938-1939?
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. (10 marks)
Jan 2012: Which of the following was the greater danger to European peace:
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the Anschluss between Germany and Austria, March 1938
the Sudeten Crisis, September 1938?
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. (10 marks)
Jan 2013 Which of these two was a greater threat to peace in Europe in the 1930s:
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The Sudeten Crisis in Czechoslovakia, September-October 1938
The Nazi-Soviet pact, August 1939?
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. (10 marks)
June 2013:
Which of Hitler`s policies was more likely to lead to war in Europe:
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His policies towards Austria
His policies towards the USSR?
June 2014:
Which of the following was the more important as a reason for the Second World War:
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Appeasement
Hitler`s occupation of Czechoslovakia, March 1939?
June 2015:
Which of Hitler`s actions was more responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War:
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The remilitarisation of the Rhineland, 1936
The Nazi-Soviet pact, 1939?