Appeasement
France and England should not have practiced Appeasement during the 1930's As Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy launched themselves into increasingly aggressive military and foreign policies during the mid-1930s, the other Western nations hoped to avert a crisis by negotiating with these countries. The policy of "appeasement" was most evident, and most tragic, when representatives of Britain and France sat down with Hitler to discuss the fate of Czechoslovakia in 1938 at the Munich conference. The end result was the eventual Nazi conquest of all of Czechoslovakia, despite Hitler's promises to the contrary. Britain and France were so afraid of war that they did everything in their power to avoid it except for the one thing that could have; confront Hitler early. Britain and France allowed Hitler time to prepare for the war. While Neville Chamberlain was busy fighting for his claim for "peace for our time," Hitler was rearming his country and preparing his troops. If Britain and France had taken early action when the Sudeten crisis arose, they might have been able to conquer Germany at a point in time when they did not have the ability to withstand an attack. Unfortunately, both countries were blinded by an overwhelmin
" This should have been an obvious sign that Hitler was not interested in reaching an agreement with Britain or France, but actually conquering them both. Chamberlain did not understand what Hitler was looking for and consequently could not satisfy him. Such as the reoccupation of the Rhineland, they would have had just cause to attack and it was at appoint in time that Germany was not able to withstand an attack. Hitler was once quoted saying, "Our opponents are like little worms: I saw them at Munich. Therefore, preventing Hitler from gaining such a large sense of power as well as preventing any further growth of his army. ) Why was appeasement a good policy, when it failed to prevent WW2?>From Allyson:1. Therefore, after the annexation of Czechoslovakia Hitler was left with a feeling of superiority over France and Britain. First, Germany began rearmament some time in the early 1930's in direct violation to the treaty of Versailles, an obvious sign that they planned to go to war. Unfortunately, what British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was not aware was the fact that Hitler would never back down. ) What was the alternative to appeasement?The alternative to appeasement would have been for Britain and France to attack Germany at a point when they would not be able to withstand an attack. Therefore, Britain and France were caught completely of guard when Hitler invaded Poland and consequently suffered major losses during the war. Hitler sought after vengeance for Germany because of the treaty of Versailles, and furthermore domination of all of Eastern Europe. Unfortunately, the only true way to prevent the war would have been to confront Hitler before the annexation of Czechoslovakia.
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