... highly controversial Appeasement theory which hypothetically prevented the outbreak of the Second World War. The policy of Appeasement epitomised by the Munich agreement, is a pact signed in 1938 between Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, which allowed Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland (area along Czech borders) to prevent the onset of a major war. Appeasement has been drastically criticised since it ... could have been beneficial.  Taylor's suggestion to persevere with Chamberlain's appeasement, has been highly criticised, notably by Trevor-Roper (1961) and Cole...

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