9.3.1: Europe at War: Blitzkrieg-Q-skills

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AGE 9. The Time of World Wars

9.3.1. Europe at War: Blitzkrieg

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SKILLS

Fill in the group members' names.
(first & last name)

Source A

Hitler greeting Stalin after the invasion of Poland. Hitler: ‘The scum of the earth, I believe?’ Stalin: ‘The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?’ Political cartoon published in a British paper on 21 October 1939.

The sources A, B and C are needed to answer some of the questions

Source C

In the car: Hitler and his cronies. The roadsign: CCCP is the Soviet Union.

Source B

1. How do you think it made Hitler feel that Britain and France did not declare war on Germany after he invaded Czechoslovakia?

Start your answer with: "It made Hitler feel even more / less...",
then write down 2 applicable emotions / feelings

SKILLS

2a. Study Source A. Does the cartoonist consider Hitler and Stalin as leaders who are likely to cooperate? Use the source to support your answer.

2b. Study Source A. Discuss with a classmate: did the cartoonist know that Stalin and Hitler agreed to invade and divide Poland?

Start your answer with: "It seems likely / unlikely...."
then use an element from the source to give arguments.

3a. Study source B.
What would be a fitting title?

1. a marriage of convenience
2. a marriage of love
3. a marriage of necessity
4. a marriage of appeasement

3b. Study Source B. Explain the caption.

4a. Study Source C. Mention 2 elements from the source that indicate that Hitler has aggressive intentions.

4b. Study Source C. Which 2 countries are represented by the two policemen?

4c. Study source C.
What is the most likely translation of the text on the LEFT sign?

1. Poland
2. Western Europe
3. Sudetenland
4. Son & Breugel

4d. Study Source C. From the source you can see a reason for Stalin to make a pact with Hitler instead of with the western allies.

Explain this using the term 'appeasement'.

Read the source.
5a. Name the three arguments that Hitler gives for his
doubts about Belgian and Dutch neutrality.

Read the source.
5b. Use a quote to indicate what Hitler believes is the
most important reason for the invasion of the Netherlands
and Belgium.
Start and end your quote with ".
You may use the first 3 and last 3 words of the quote with ..... in between.

6. Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said after the 'Battle of Britain':
"Never before have so many owed so much to so few."
Explain this statement with the film fragment.
Your answer should make clear who are meant by " so many" and "so few" and what is meant by " so much".

Did all group members contribute equally to the answers? If not, write it here....

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