Appeasement
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- Created on: 30-05-14 18:39
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- Appeasement
- the idea that by compromising and continuing to negotiate with his the allies could control him foreign policy ambitions and avert a war. Done when a genuine problem/grievance can be sorted by negotitation.
- examples...
- allowing Hitler to rearm
- Britains naval agreement with Germany in June 1935
- Allowing Hitler to remilitarise the Rhineland
- allowing Hitler to unite with Austria (Anschluss)
- why was it followed?
- avoid war
- horror of WW1- didn't want that again
- so they could use Hitler against communism in Russia, seen as a bigger threat
- misunderstanding Hitler's aims and personality
- they actually underestimate him- they are naive and trust his word (mistake!!!)
- holding off war for a while- more time to build up army because Germanys army is superior, stalling!!!
- why did it fail???
- Hitler gained confidence and started to believe he could get away with anything
- the allies did not believe that hitler would go as far as he did, after march 1938 it was clear that Hitler was being purely aggressive
- germany became too strong and had to be stopped
- B&F isolated after league collapsed, Germany had alliances with Italy, Japan, Russia...
- Neville Chamberlain- British Prime Minister- his theory
- Munich Agreement (1938)
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