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Exam code: 214770 notes across 3 sections, ordered as the specification runs.
Option B: The Twentieth Century: international Relations from 1919
Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?5
To What Extent was the League of Nations a Success?8
- Why was the League of Nations Created?
- Weaknesses of the League of Nations
- What was International Diplomacy Like in the 1920s?
- The League of Nations Attempts at Peacekeeping in the 1920s
- How Important was the League’s Humanitarian Work?
- The Impact of the Depression on the League of Nations
- The League of Nations & the Manchurian Crisis
- The League of Nations & the Abyssinian Crisis
Was Hitler’s Foreign Policy to Blame for the Second World War?7
- Context of the Second World War
- The Long-Term Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles
- Consequences of the Failures of the League of Nations in the 1930s
- Was the Policy of Appeasement Justified?
- How Did Appeasement Work in Practice?
- The Importance of the Nazi–Soviet Pact
- Why Did Britain & France Declare War on Germany?
Who was to Blame for the Cold War?6
Did the United States Contain the Spread of Communism?4
How Secure was the USSR’s Control over Eastern Europe, 1948–c.1989?6
- Motivations & Consequences of the USSR’s Control of Eastern Europe
- Opposition to Soviet Control in Hungary & Czechoslovakia
- Similarity of Events in Hungary & Czechoslovakia
- Why was the Berlin Wall Built in 1961?
- Solidarity in Poland & the Decline of Soviet Influence
- Gorbachev & the Collapse of Soviet Control over Eastern Europe