The first acted agrresion in WW2 was Germany invading Austria wich the British and French let go to avoid war. The first real actuel battle was when Germany invaded Poland Britain and France's allie so they had no choice but to declare war. Hitler covered up the reason why of the incasion with a operation codenamed Operation Canned Goods when German Army officers at the Poland-Germany border excecuted 20 supposid Polish Army soldiers at a radio station by the border[they were actually convicts form a German prison] saying that the Polish had attacked the radio station.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders followed a policy of Appeasement, allowing Hitler to occupy the Rhineland, annex Austria, and claim the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia for Germany without firing a shot. This emboldened Hitler to demand former German territory lost in the Treaty of Versailles to Poland, making his invasion of Poland practically inevitable; especially sine he had signed a secret non-aggression pact with Russia to divide Poland between them.
To halt German aggression.
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That was Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Von Ribbentrop.
At first European leaders did not care for it because Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister decided that Germany needed some appeasement and leeway. France didn't do anything (the most powerful country after WWI) because Britain didn't do anything. However, the USSR was skeptical. Europe did not respond to Hitler's territorial acquisitions until the acquisition of half of Poland. The other half ironically went to the USSR in the Treaty of Non-Aggression in 1938.
There are a number of synonyms for "cowardly"; in this case, the word "craven" might be most appropriate.
Answer this question… European appeasement of German aggression in an effort to avoid conflict
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
The non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.
Military leaders ignored Hitler.
Military leaders ignored Hitler.
The German leaders met with the Allied Leaders and signed surrender documents. The next day the German Leaders had to surrender to Stalin and the Red Army leader.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders followed a policy of Appeasement, allowing Hitler to occupy the Rhineland, annex Austria, and claim the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia for Germany without firing a shot. This emboldened Hitler to demand former German territory lost in the Treaty of Versailles to Poland, making his invasion of Poland practically inevitable; especially sine he had signed a secret non-aggression pact with Russia to divide Poland between them.
They did nothing until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then the US Congress finally allowed FDR to send troops to the European Theater of Operations to help Britain defeat the Nazis. The US troops went to Africa to join the Brits in that effort. The rest is history.
Versailles