History A-Level
Diktat
What Diktat means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Diktat
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A dictated peace that shocked the nation, as Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles under the threat of Allied invasion.
Topics that use Diktat
- 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 – The Establishment and early years of Weimar, 1918–1924 (AQA A-Level)
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