Why didn't the Germans stop Hitler?

Answer 1

Isolationism was popular, much as the problem with Iraq. Everybody wanted to wait and eventually Germany became too powerful to ignore. France had to fall before some people actually believed that Hitler was dangerous. I'm glad we didn't wait that long with Sadam.

Answer 2

People in England and France AND the USA were not willing to go to war again after the slaughter of World War I

These countries were democracies and their leaders actually listened to what the people wanted.

Germany under Hitler was a Dictatorship and the principal of Fascism was that everyone in the country acted towards a common purpose, so people who didn't support the official nationalist policy were treated as enemies of the state.

This allowed Hitler to do what he wanted in terms of foreign policy, while the democratic countries had to consider the will of their people.

As Hitler became more aggressive Britain and France began to prepare for war. But both countries were more concerned with defensive measures rather than developing the means to attack Germany.

The political mind set between the wars was to try to develop diplomatic answers to international problems rather than repeating the long drawn out fighting of the trenches of World War One.

Because of this Germany had an advantage in rearming first with superior technology, especially in aircraft. By the time Hitler marched into Austria and the Sudetenland, Britain and France didn't have the military force to challenge him.

Even when Hitler invaded Poland they could only declare war against him symbolically, without actually attacking him effectively.

As it was Britain only just managed to produce enough aircraft to be able to match the Luftwaffe in the summer of 1940 9 months after the war started.

Had Britain gone to war in September 1938, at the time of Chamberlain's Peace in our time speech, they would have been fighting Messerschmitts with Twin winged bi-planes more like World War I fighters rather than with Hurricanes and Spitfires.

Answer 3

Germany had just been defeated in WWI. The Weimar Republic (a temporary Government) had just allowed Germany to take full blame and reperations for the war. Hitler was opposed to Communism and the Weimar Repbulic. He offered them a way to come out of debt and become a leading nation... [which turned out to be somewhat true...]

Answer 4

The nations of the world had only recently experienced WW I which was very, very horrible, and they desperately wanted to avoid going to war again. They therefore tried to appease Hitler so that Hitler would be happy and would not want to go to war. Unfortunately, this appeasement only encouraged Hitler to go to war. Some people cannot be appeased. The more you give them, the more they will demand, because they want everything. Hitler was not going to settle for less than world conquest. But the nations of Europe did not understand that about him, until the war had already begun, and it was too late to avoid it.

Answer 5

because they were dealing with their own problems at the time such as trying to keep peace with Japan & recovering from the Great Depression.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The Germans were just as afraid of Hitler as the Jews.

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Many Germans saw nothing to object to. Hitler was popular, until the war turned against Germany.