appeasement encouraged aggression
the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is associated with appeasement
why did France and britiain choose the policy of appeasement
the act of appeasing
Neville Chamberlain
Britain and France
Appeasement
1936
Policy of appeasement.
The policy of appeasement was not an actual policy, rather a strategy adopted by Britain and France during the 1930's to try and lower Hitler's aggressiveness. Ultimately it was a factor in causing World War 2
Western democracies desperately wanted to avoid war, and therefore adopted a policy of appeasement toward Hitler prior to WW II.
Appeasement.
The European leaders agreed to a policy of appeasement because France and Britain had adopted the stance of achieving peace at any price. Neither country was ready for war and there was British sentiment that Germany did have some grievances from Versailles.
In the 1930s, the appeasement adopted towards Nazi Germany (and other aggressor-nations) by Britain and France consisted of several main courses. With the first, they tried to assist aggressors with peaceful acquisition of legitimate national aspirations. The second: they attempted to limit the scope of potential conflict. As a third, they sought to buy time for the development of their own preparations for large-scale war, should it break out.
Appeasement simply didn't work . . . in fact, appeasement made the situation worse.
Quite the contrary! The Munich Conference - more than anything else - has come to embody appeasement. In an attempt to "buy" peace, Chamberlain bullied the Czechs into agreeing to the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. A large and valuable part of the country was handed over to Germany.
AppeasementThe policy of appeasement.