Appeasement
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- Appeasement
- What was Appeasement?
- A British foreign policy towards Hitler
- Associated with Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister from 1937
- He felt that some of Hitler's demands were reasonable; he thought if they were met then Hitler would be satisfied and war would be avoided
- The biggest risk was that it depended on Hitler's aims being reasonable
- It also depended on trusting Hitler and believing he was telling the truth
- The most serious weakness of Appeasement
- It also depended on trusting Hitler and believing he was telling the truth
- The biggest risk was that it depended on Hitler's aims being reasonable
- He felt that some of Hitler's demands were reasonable; he thought if they were met then Hitler would be satisfied and war would be avoided
- Associated with Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister from 1937
- A British foreign policy towards Hitler
- In favour of Appeasement
- In the 1930s some people believed Hitler could be trusted
- There was a strong view that the Treaty of Versailles had been too harsh on Hitler
- Hitler was also admired by some people for the way he rebuilt Germany after 1933
- Many British politicians feared Communist USSR more than Nazi Germany
- There was a real fear that in a war between Germany and Britain, air raids would kill millions
- Britain needed time to build up their defences against Germany
- In Britain, there were very few opponents of Chamberlain's actions in 1938
- In the 1930s some people believed Hitler could be trusted
- Against Appeasement
- It was bound to fail; Hitler could not be trusted
- He had already broken many promises since 1933
- It made Britain look weak and gave Hitler confidence that Britain would always back down
- Each time hitler was given what he wanted, it made German even stronger
- It encouraged Hitler to take bigger risks
- Each time hitler was given what he wanted, it made German even stronger
- It convinced the USSR that Britain and France were using it against the USSR
- Britain was trying to push Germany into attacking the USSR
- Stalin became even more suspicious when the USSR was not invited to the Munich Conference
- This growing suspicion is a key reason as to why the USSR signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact
- Stalin became even more suspicious when the USSR was not invited to the Munich Conference
- Britain was trying to push Germany into attacking the USSR
- It was bound to fail; Hitler could not be trusted
- What was Appeasement?
- He felt that some of Hitler's demands were reasonable; he thought if they were met then Hitler would be satisfied and war would be avoided
- The biggest risk was that it depended on Hitler's aims being reasonable
- It also depended on trusting Hitler and believing he was telling the truth
- The most serious weakness of Appeasement
- It also depended on trusting Hitler and believing he was telling the truth
- The biggest risk was that it depended on Hitler's aims being reasonable
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