Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

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  1. 2. The start of German rearmament and the remilitarisation of the __________ in 1936.
  2. 4. The Treaty of __________ in 1919 prohibited the union of Germany and Austria because the Big Three wanted to make Germany weaker not stronger following the end of the First World War.
  3. 8. __________, German: “Union”, political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938
  4. 11. In January 1935, 90% of the population of the __________ voted to reunite with Germany in a plebiscite.
  5. 12. The Rhineland had acted as a buffer between France and Germany, and the invasion therefore placed France under direct __________.
  6. 15. On September 12, Hitler made a speech bitterly attacking Czechoslovakia and this sparked a __________ uprising.
  7. 16. From 1936 onwards, the British and French governments pursued a policy of __________ in relation to Hitler and his demands.
  8. 18. On 22 __________ 1939, Italy and Germany signed the Pact of Steel to help each other in the event of war.
  9. 21. In the 1930s, the world economic __________ encouraged nations to be more aggressive towards each other.
  10. 22. The Maginot Line was built to avoid a surprise attack from __________ and to give the alarm if an attack happened.
  11. 23. The new __________ Chancellor, Schuschnigg tried to preserve the country from German invasion by trying not to give Hitler an excuse for aggression.
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  1. 1. The __________ of Nations was set up by the Treaty of Versailles.
  2. 3. The Japanese invasion of __________ in 1931 was the first time the League of Nations had faced a challenge of a great power.
  3. 5. The invasion of __________, the capital of Czechoslovakia, in 1939.
  4. 6. When the League supported __________, Japan left the League.
  5. 7. One of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles was that the Germans would not be able to keep military __________ in a 50 km stretch of the Rhineland.
  6. 9. The __________ Civil War (1936-1939) was a conflict that reflected the ideological divide in Europe in the 1930s: fascism versus communism, liberal democracy versus dictatorship.
  7. 10. In June 1935 Britain and Germany signed a __________ Agreement.
  8. 13. Unlike many political parties in Germany, this man did not want the Treaty of Versailles revised, he wanted it destroyed.
  9. 14. The Anschluss was __________ by many Austrians.
  10. 17. After the Germans occupied Prague, Britain and France promised to support __________.
  11. 19. The event that came to symbolize the awful cost of appeasement was the __________ Crisis of September 1938.
  12. 20. The Anschluss __________ was a propaganda campaign encouraged people to vote for Anschluss.
  13. 24. In October 1935, __________ launched an attack on Abyssinia.
  14. 25. After march 1939, appeasement is abandoned, Poland’s __________ is guaranteed.