Appeasement and its role in the build up of WW2
The term appeasement is used to describe the response of Western European governments to the expansionist activities of Germany and Italy under Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Their attitude to give them what they wanted to prevent a war in Central Europe. The underlying facts was the belief of British and French politicians that their publics would never risk a repetition of the horrors of World War I. The British government believed in appeasement till the day there was no other solution than to go to war on Germany. Appeasement ended on March 31, 1939, in response to new German demands, where Britain gave Poland a unilateral guarantee of its security, but this was insufficient to deter Hitler from invading her on September 1, so precipitating World War II. The first time appeasement was introduced as means of keeping the peace and quiet in Europe was Mussolini's conquest of Abyssinia (1934-1936) and Hitler's reoccupation of the Rhineland (March 7, 1936). When Hitler the annexed Austria in February and March 1938, no effective attempts were made to prevent this "Anschluss
The British and French policy of appeasement-the concession to demands of the Nazi state in order to avoid war-ended with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Chamberlain recognised the failure of his policy and vowed support for Poland. As Germany invaded the Poland, Chamberlain led Great Britain into the war against the aggressor. The British prime minister at this time was Neville Chamberlain (elected first time May 1937), who described his policy without shame as «active appeasement». Faced with Hitler's next demand, that Germany should acquire the fringes of Czechoslovakia in which 3,500,000 of the inhabitants spoke German (Sudeten Germans), Chamberlain went several times to meet Hitler, the last on September 30, 1938, when he and the French prime minister, Daladier, flew to Munich. From there Chamberlain returned waving his notorious piece of paper, declaring that he had secured «peace in our time». This treaty is known as the Munich Pact. The agreement was formulated and signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain at Munich, Germany. It secured the acceptance by Great Britain and
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