'Peace in our Time' said Chamberlain when he returned from Munich.
Neville Chamberlain
The United States initially had to follow a policy of appeasement towards Germany. This policy was directly related to the treaty of Versailles.
Appeasement until 3 September 1939 when they both declared war on Germany.
sudentland
neutrality act
Appeasement
1936
Only by further appeasement.
Appeasement at the time was basically Neville Chamberlain doing everything in his power to make Adolf Hitler happy and avoid another world war. Appeasement applied to Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia because Chamberlain and Hitler met in Munich, where they both signed the Munich Pact which in simple terms said that Germany would not attack and destroy Czechoslovakia (which would cause world war) if they annexed Sudetenland (which had a majority German population). It also said that Germany and Great Britain would "never go to war again." Chamberlain didn't want war so he signed it, and Hitler signed it but when he returned home he told his foreign affairs minister that "that" piece of paper meant nothing.
The policy of appeasement was Lloyd George's response to not declaring war on Germany.
It gave him all the time he needed to build an army, navy and air force. The treaty Germany signed at the end of WWI forbade this. We are seeing a repeat performance of this with some of our "Leaders" right now. Granted Al Queda never signed a treaty.
According to some, appeasement was reasonable because Great Britain and France were in no shape to fight another war with Germany. The only other option was appeasement, which allowed Germany to take control of the Sudetenland. Some say that it encouraged Germany to demand even more, but to most officials in France and Great Britain, appeasement was the most reasonable solution.