What were Neville Chamberlain's main features in policy of appeasement?

Answer 1

Chamberlain thought that by appeasing Germany and Hitler, he could prevent war. Chamberlain, and many in Britan, thought that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh and by giving back the land taken from Germany (and more) they would make Germany/Hitler happy and war would never come.

Answer 2

Appeasement was Chamberlains personal way of dealing with Hitler giving how discredited the League of Nations was by the time Chamberlain became President in 1937. Chamberlain managed to avoid war over the Sudetenland using appeasement between September - October 1938.

Chamberlain went to meet Hitler on 15th September 1938 in Berchtesgaden, 22nd September 1938 in Godesburg, and 29th September 1938 in Munich. Chamberlain used discussion here with Hitler to avoid war. Appeasement was abandoned in March 1939 following the occupation of the rump state of Czechoslovakia.

Answer 3

The Appeasement Policy Appeasement policy was a foreign policy that was adapted by Britain and France in the 1930s toward Germany. The reason Britain and France adapted this policy was because they were hit badly and weakened seriously by the First World War, and later on the situation that they faced was deteriorated even more, due the Great Depression. As these two countries had their own problems, though the aggression of Germany was very obvious, they merely wanted to focus on domestic issues, such as economy and unemployment, instead of diplomatic affairs. Nevertheless, they appeased Germany in order to maintain a good relationship between them, was because they wanted to use Germany as a bulwark against the spread of communism. The Soviet Union under communists' rule was great threat to Britain and France.

The policy started when Britain signed a naval agreement with Hitler in 1935, which allowed Germany to expand its navy up to thirty-five percent of the number of Britain navy. Thereafter, in 1936, when Hitler sent troops to the demilitarized zone - Rhineland, which intentionally violated the Treaty of Versailles, France didn't interfere and took no action to Germany's violation.

In 1938, Germany achieved success in annexing Austria and northwest Czechoslovakia. In fact, Hitler's success in united Austria was partly due to the British appeasement policy that Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister adapted. Chamberlain thought that Austrians and Germans had the right to unit together, since they were the same type of people, and Britain didn't withstand the union between Austria and Germany, yet it allowed Germany's power to grow stronger.

Afterward, just after the union with Austria, Hitler demanded that Czechoslovakia should return Sudetenland. Hitler also threatened that if his demands were not satisfied, he would declared war. Again, due to the appeasement policy, Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement to return Sudetenland to Germany.

At that time, Hitler's demand was unreasonable, yet due to the policy of appeasement, Hitler's demand was satisfied. The appeasement encouraged Germany to be aggressive and expanded the appetite of Germany. The more others gave him, the bigger risk she dared to take. This allowed Germany to grow stronger and stronger, and inevitably, the war would break out.

After signing the Munich Agreement, Germany occupied Sudetenland. Thereafter, Hitler sent troops to annex the rest of Czechoslovakia. At that time, Britain and France realized the aggression of Germany was unlimited, and decided to end appeasement and promise military aid to Poland in case of German invasion. As expected, Hitler focused on Poland and demanded Poland to return land that Germany lost after the First World War. However, Hitler worried that Soviet Union would declare war on Germany, if Germany invades Poland, because Poland was located near the Soviet Union. Due to above reasons, Germany signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact with Soviet Union in 1939. Later then, Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France felt threatened and demanded Germany to withdraw, yet Germany didn't reply. As a result, they declared war on Germany. As shown, the signing of NaziSoviet Non-Aggression Pact was one important cause of the Second World War.

The appeasement policy which was adapted by Britain and France encouraged the aggression of Germany. And as mentioned, due to the policy of appeasement, lots of invasion or possibilities that would enhance the power of Germany were not resisted or interfered by Britain and France. As a conclusion, the appeasement policy was an important cause of the Second World War.