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Conflict in Europe 1935–1945

MOD-EUR is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Modern History papers. Practise 13 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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The growth of European tensions 1935–39, German foreign policy, the course of the war, civilians and the Holocaust, and the end of the war to the Nuremberg trials, with how to plan the 25-mark Peace and Conflict essay.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2The road to war, 1935–1939
  3. 3The course of the war
  4. 4Civilians at war
  5. 5The end of the war and Nuremberg
  6. 6Planning a 25-mark essay
  7. 7Common mistakes
  8. 8Exam tips
  9. 9Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why was Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland in March 1936 significant?

  1. AIt was the first time since 1918 that German troops crossed into Austria
  2. BIt led Britain and France to declare war on Germany
  3. CIt was approved in advance by the League of Nations
  4. DIt broke Versailles and Locarno without any military response

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which factor most directly explains the speed of Germany's defeat of France in May–June 1940?

  1. AThe armoured breakthrough in the Ardennes
  2. BGermany had far more tanks than Britain and France combined
  3. CThe Maginot Line was captured by a frontal assault in the first week
  4. DItaly's invasion of southern France forced France to split its army

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