war is nothing more than a fight on a grand scale. So let's scale it back to something you can relate to. A fight is not something most of us enjoy, but some people relish conflict and violence. So I'll assume you are one who doesn't enjoy violent conflict. Have youeverbeenin a fight? Did you try to avoid the fight? Did you fight? Why? Fighting can be profitable and those who regularly engage in fighting know how reluctant most people are to fight. They get their way, a payoff of sorts through intimidation and don't have to fight nearly as often as is just. A bully usually never has had to fight a real competitive fight. Ergo, usually the bully is deterred the first time he is faced down. On rare occasions, the conflict is even enough or the instigator makes himself too costly to ignore and the reluctant opponent must fight. Now scale that back up. Politicians depend on popularity but despots depend on overwhelming force to intimidate their people into submission. The despot hasn't met the opponent that can stand up to him. Neville Chamberlain led a nation which did not want a fight and he tried desperately to avoid one. Hitler on the other hand was leading a nation spoiling for a fight due to the judgments (largely unjust) after WWI. Hitler had amassed enormous military might and Germany wanted to flex their muscle. Hitler was horrible to Jews and Christians and political opponents but he had the backing of the German populous.When Chuchill took office, he had to raise England's desire for a fight to face Hitler. Otherwise England was going to succumb to German rule as France and Poland had. They had to fight no matter how badly they preferred to avoid it.
All sensible human beings would try and avoid war if at all possible
they thought that if they gave him land he wouldn't want more. they thought it would avoid war.
No - Hitler was blamed for starting the war.
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain .Neville Chamberlain, although it should be stated that he didn't WANT to appease Hitler, he was just desperate to avoid another apocalyptic European war.He remembered the holocaust of World War 1, and did not want to see Britain dragged into such a conflict again. He thus tried to contain Hitler's activities as best he could by getting him to sign the Munich Agreement of 1938, in which Hitler pledged not to invade any further nations after having annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia (most Austrians were Nazi's themselves in any case, and WELCOMED Hitler's invasion).But Hitler broke his promise, and invaded Poland at the begining of September 1939, forcing Chamberlain to declare war on Germany on 3rd September.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sent a personal letter to Hitler after the German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact was signed. He urged Hitler to avoid a war that would be a catastrophe for Europe. Hitler had already made up his mind to invade Poland, and replied to Chamberlain that Britain's assurances to Poland only caused Polish terrorism against Germans living in Poland. This of course was Nazi propaganda.
Neville Chamberlain
Late September, 1939, in Munich, Germany.
Appeasement
Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact to avoid war.
Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement was supported by some members of the British establishment, such as Lord Halifax who believed in diplomatic negotiation with Hitler to avoid war.
Neville Chamberlain did everything he could to avoid war with Adolf Hitler and PM Chamberlain was forced out of office in favor of Winston Churchill, who warned England of the evils of Nazi Germany.
they thought that if they gave him land he wouldn't want more. they thought it would avoid war.
They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland.
No - Hitler was blamed for starting the war.
Neville Chamberlain
The World War 2 started in 1939 when Neville Chamberland went to Hitler to try and avoid war
Neville Chamberlain .Neville Chamberlain, although it should be stated that he didn't WANT to appease Hitler, he was just desperate to avoid another apocalyptic European war.He remembered the holocaust of World War 1, and did not want to see Britain dragged into such a conflict again. He thus tried to contain Hitler's activities as best he could by getting him to sign the Munich Agreement of 1938, in which Hitler pledged not to invade any further nations after having annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia (most Austrians were Nazi's themselves in any case, and WELCOMED Hitler's invasion).But Hitler broke his promise, and invaded Poland at the begining of September 1939, forcing Chamberlain to declare war on Germany on 3rd September.