Prayer. what i've learnt...

It's about [praising] GOD, not about you.

It gives insight to GOD's wisdom, defend against temptation, and gives power to work miracles.

It's the key to prosperity.

Erm... Historical recording...

http://ia300139.us.archive.org/3/items/dictabelt_cassette_a/dictabelt_cassette_a_64kb.m3u

Warning:

It's long...

It's boring...

It's Low-Fi...

But it's got something to do with JFK.

Prior to WWII - phrase bank.

Moving to war…

·      Failure to Disarm

o   [due to mistrust, fixed aims, rather than mutual confidence]

o   Led to rearmament

·      Disunited Europe on view of Authoritarian Regimes

o   Fear of spread of communism

o   Fear of spread of authoritarian regimes

German’s foreign policy – brief.

Aimed at rearmament, bound to lead to war.

Left LoN in 1933

Spanish Civil war showed the strength of German forces, Democratic nations started to ramp up rearmament.

Protectionism

Forming alliances

 

German’s foreign policy made things worse?

Racist, Berlin Olympics, Expansion, Superiority of Aryans = entitled to do what it wanted? Spanish Civil War, avoid war, step by step takeover of Europe

 

Appeasement

Avoid war by satisfying German demands, ToV unfair so resentment is fair, France had Maginot line of defence so they felt safe, death toll of WWI not to be repeated, No rearmament plans yet for other countries.

 

Munich Agreement

Fear of antagonising Hitler by waging war on Germany. Peace was preserved, but Czechoslovakia paid the price

 

German invaded rest of Czech.  [purification / rid of non-Aryans, land, resources]

 

Appeasement over. Rearmament.

History Notes... Excrepts 2: Gustav Stressman...

•Gustav Stressman became Chancellor / Foreign Minister

•Introduced rentenmark to replace valueless mark. Borrowed money from abroad to guarantee value and build confidence in rentenmark.

•Urged workers in Ruhr to stop protests.

•Borrowed money to set up government building schemes. Workers needed for these schemes cuts unemployment rates.

•Brought Germany into LoN

•Locarno Pact: recognises borders of Germany, Britain, France.

•Kellogg-Briand Pact: Would not go to war EXCEPT in Self-defence.

•Dawes Plan: Parker Gilbert. Pay less, US Loan, French out of Ruhr, Gold to Gilbert to invest and interest gained used for reparations + profit from railway.

•Young Plan: Cut reparations to 25% of originally planned. +59years to pay.

History Notes... Excrepts 1

I think this may help the Sec 3s and 4s in studying... Cheers! [more to come as i revise other topics / chapters.]

Terms of the Treaty Of Versailles

•Territorial Terms

•Saar- LoN controlled

•Rhineland = DMZ [no troops allowed]

•Union w/ Austria not allowed

•Danzig - LoN controlled. Polish Corridor to allow Polish access to the sea.

•Military Terms

•Army: No conscription, 100,000 troops

•Navy: 15,000, 6 battleships, some smaller ships

•No submarine, tanks, planes

•Accept blame for war under war guilt cause

•Economical Terms

•REPARATIONS: £6,650m

Fair? Unfair?

Fair

•Germany started War.

•US, Germany, France, suffered economically; loss of lives

Unfair

•Only signed by Big3 + USSR

•Big3 had different aims

•US: $

•Fr: revenge

•Brit: to be strong