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Appeasement, the War, and the debate
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Details of events where appeasement was used but still lead to war
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Appeasement, the War, and the debate
Re-occupation of the Rhineland 1936
ToV started the Rhineland should be demilitarised
Security for France
Sent troops to reclaim the region
Br and Fr did nothing to stop this
Munch Settlement 1938
Under ToV the Sudetenland was made part of Czechoslovakia
Idea of self-determination for the 3 million Sudeten-Germans
Agreement gave Germany the Sudetenland
Stopped immediate threat of war
Germany went against the agreement also occupied Bohemia and Moravia, destroying Czechoslovakia
Poland 1939
Br promised to protect Poland in the event of German invasion
Was actually a more reasonable demand
Keeping with this, Br declared war on Germany 6 months later
Went against the Munich Agreement
The Soviet Union
The Guilty Men
Condemnation of Br's leaders for undermining Soviet-British relations
Could have been a counter-weight to the growth of Germany
Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939
Agreement that pledging the USSR and Gr would stay at peace for 10 years
Would devided Poland between them
Hitler betrayed the agreement on June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa
Debate
1939 onwards, Appeasement was considered terrible
Failed to stop the expansion of Nazi Germany
War was too horrible to contemplate
Avoidance was neccessary
Public opinion
Anti-war feelings
Genuine support for rearmament
Explains why government was so ill prepared for war
Economic depression
Money for armaments not of vital importance at the time
Trust in LoN
Had in some successes
Military position in the 1930's
Navy overstretched
Impossible to resist Germany by armed force
Could not help Poland
Could not defend the own interests and stop Gr at the same time
Failure in defending their interests in Abyssinia proves this
Sympathy for Germany
Belief even the Rhineland, Sudetenland and Austria incidents were in keeping with self determination
Fr refusal to budge on reparations
Fear of Communism
Afraid of the spread of Communism into Europe
Strong anti-communist Germany could be a barrier to the spread of communism
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