4. How important was the Nazi–Soviet Pact?
Hitler’s actions over Czechoslavakia put Europe on the brink of war. It was clear that Poland would be Hitler’s next target. Britain and France had failed to respond to the occupation of Czechoslovakia, but they now warned Germany that an attack on Poland would mean war. The policy of appeasement they had pursued throughout the 1930s was at an end. Britain and France attempted to back this threat up with an agreement...