Your essay question will be based on the following bullet points:

 Ø       British foreign policy 1925-37: dealing with dictators by peaceful means; relations with Mussolini, 1925-37; relations with Hitler and Germany, 1933-37; the role of public opinion in influencing policy.

 Ø       Defeat and survival, 1939-41: military setbacks; the Battle of Britain (1940); war in North Africa and the Atlantic.

 Ø       Victory and the Grand Alliance 1942-45: the Mediterranean, 1942-44; the Battle of the Atlantic; the bomber offensive; D–Day and the liberation of Europe.

 Ø       The Home Front: morale, war production, social change 1939-45.

 Source work is on an associated controversy:

We do Option a)

a) Was British foreign policy in the years 1937-39 a triumph or a disaster for Britain?