Appeasement

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It is assosciated with Neville Chamberlain, even though he...
became prime minister in 1937
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Arguments Against Appeasement - It allowed Germany to grow too strong...
Germany was not only recovering lost land but becoming more powerful than Br and Fr
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It scared the USSR...
Hitler made it clear that he wanted to expand eastwards and sends the messag of Br and Fr won't stand in his way
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It put too much trust in Hitler's promises...
Appeasement is based on the fact that you have to trut what Hitler is saying
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It encouraged Hitler to be aggressive...
Each gamble he got away with, the bigger the risk he wants to take next time
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Arguments For Appeasement - The attitude of the Briitish Empire...
It wasn't certain that the Commonwealth states (like Canada) and the British Empire would support war against G
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Why repeat the horrors of the war...
Both Br and Fr leaders remember the first, and want to avoid it at any cost
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Britain isn't ready for war...
The British government believed that the armed forces weren't ready for Hitler
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Economic problems are a top priority...
Br and Fr still suffering from the effects of the Depression and have large debts and unemployment
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The T of V is unfair...
People assumed that once the wrongs were put right from the treaty, G would be peaceful
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The USA won't support us if we were to stand up to Hitler...
American leaders didn't want to be dragged into another war
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Hitler is standing up to Communism...
Stalin was trying to spread communism at the time, and Hitler was trying to stop that from happening
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Card 2

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Germany was not only recovering lost land but becoming more powerful than Br and Fr

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Arguments Against Appeasement - It allowed Germany to grow too strong...

Card 3

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Hitler made it clear that he wanted to expand eastwards and sends the messag of Br and Fr won't stand in his way

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Card 4

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Appeasement is based on the fact that you have to trut what Hitler is saying

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Card 5

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Each gamble he got away with, the bigger the risk he wants to take next time

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Preview of the back of card 5
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