Appeasement

4 Students in 1933-1939 Negotiating to Avoid War 4th Person Keeps Score and completes grid sheet Goal: Avoid war unless cost for war is not great Resolve issues without war Goal: Rebuild the German Empire that WWI reduced by obtaining cards X6   REJECT TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Negotiate a solution to each problem presented Negotiate a solution to each problem presented. Establish a voting method your team of three agrees to follow. For example, simple majority vote counts as a rule. The Allied Powers have all of the cards Germany wants. If at the end of a round, Germany wins then the Allies must hand over that card to Germany. During the round, the Allied Powers can use their Versailles Treaty card to remind Hitler to follow the treaty. Rules

Round 1 Issue: Hitler comes to power in 1933 Treaty of Versailles Violation? None as Hitler was voted to Chancellor of Germany in 1933 Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4 billion dollars and 1 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) Germany must give the Allied Powers 1 money card for reparations at this time

Issue: 1933, Hitler cancels all reparation payments. Round 2 Issue: 1933, Hitler cancels all reparation payments. Treaty of Versailles violation? Yes! However, refusing to pay doesn't make an agreement null and void. The bonds, and the agreement, still exist.” Germany turns in Reject Treaty of Versailles card to Allies ARTICLE 235. In order to enable the Allied and Associated Powers to proceed at once to the restoration of their industrial and economic life, pending the full determination of their claims, Germany shall pay in such installments and in such manner (whether in gold, commodities, ships, securities or otherwise) as the Reparation Commission may fix, during 1919, 1920 and the first four months Of 1921 , the equivalent of 20,000,000,000 gold marks. Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4.5 billion dollars and 1.1 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) If allowed to pass, Germany no longer has to give the Allied Powers a money card for the remainder of this exercise

Issue: Hitler begins rebuilding his military Round 3 Issue: Hitler begins rebuilding his military Treaty of Versailles violation? Yes! ARTICLE 160. (1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry. After that date the total number of effectives in the Army of the States constituting Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men, including officers and establishments of depots. The Army shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory and to the control of the frontiers. Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4.6 billion dollars and 1.2 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) Turn over to Germany    Pride

Issue: Hitler Advances Troops into Rhineland Round 4 Issue: Hitler Advances Troops into Rhineland Treaty of Versailles violation? Yes! ARTICLE 42. Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometres to the East of the Rhine. Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4.6 billion dollars and 1.2 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) Turn over to Germany Rhineland Card

Round 5 Issue: Germany Annexes all of Austria Treaty of Versailles Violation? Yes! ARTICLE 27. The boundaries of Germany will be determined as follows The frontier of August 3, 1914, between Germany and Austria from its junction with the old administrative boundary separating Bohemia and the province of Upper Austria to the point north of the salient of the old province of Austrian Silesia situated at about 8 kilometres east of Neustadt. Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4.8 billion dollars and 1.3 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) If Germany wins hand over Prestige and Austria We love Hitler!

Round 6 Issue: Germany Takes over Czecholslovakia and the Sudetenland (not by force as the people are accepting) Treaty of Versailles Violation? No! Cost to go to war for Britain and France 4 billion dollars and 1 million soldiers (turn in only military card if opting for war) Turn over following cards to Germany (Czechoslovakia and Sudentenland)

Round 7 Issue: Germany invades Poland Treaty of Versailles Violation? Yes! BOUNDARIES OF GERMANY. ARTICLE 27. The boundaries of Germany will be determined as follows: Cost not to go to war for Britain and France Loss of empire

Round 8 Germany passes a law separating German from Jews

Round 9 Germany passes a law targeting homosexuals

Round 10 Germany targets the Romani people

Conclusion How did WWII begin? How did WWII begin with the Berlin Conference? Which issues were constantly addressed? Define appeasement