Hitler didn't agree with Communism so he would stand up to Communists and help to stop Communism
Britain didn't want another war - they didn't have enough money and they didn't want a repeat of the death and destruction of WW1
The army wasn't ready to fight another war
Depression - they were in a economic crisis and they was high unemployment so Germany wasn't a priority to them
They thought that the Treaty of Versaillies was too harsh and unfair on Germany
If a war started Britain wouldn't have the support of America so they had less chance of winning
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Problems with Appeasement
Encouraged Hitler to be aggressive
They put trust in Hitler's promises - he went back on these promises
Germany grew too strong - they became more powerful than Britain and France
Scared the USSR - Germany could invade them and fight Communism
The secret treaty between Britain, France and Germany showed that the USSR wouldn't get support from them so didn't feel he could trust Britain and France
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Was Appeasment the right policy
it encouraged Hitler - if he had been stopped at the start he might have backed off and peace could have been created
Britain was not ready for war - Chamberlain had to buy them time to prepare there army for the possibility of war
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