Paper 1 C6 International Relations Between the Wars, 1919-1939.

Key Readings:

• Ben Walsh, GCSE Modern World History, sections 1.4, 3.8 and 3.9 (Walsh).
• See also R. Bunce, et al. Edexcel ICGSE Student Handbook, (Edexcel).
• John D. Clare sections on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and the Road to World War I.

There are three key areas of knowledge and understanding you need to master in this section:

1. The Versailles Settlement
2. The League of Nations
   • How did the League Work?
   • International Co-operation in the 1920s
   • Depression and the Failure of Disarmament
   • The Manchurian Crisis, 1931-33
   • The Abyssinian Crisis, 1934-36
   • The Failure of the League of Nations
3. The Road to War
   • Hitler and Appeasement, 1933-39.
   • Reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War.

In addition to the above, revision materials can be found here.