The 1930s was plagued by dictatorship after the economic crisis whereby democracy's fell in Italy, Germany and had already fallen in USSR. The moral dilemma that Britain faced at the beginning of the 1930s was, is it morally right for Britain as a nation to use force to stop Germany from uniting with other German speaking nations especially if they had belonged to Germany and wanted to. Many Brits and Americans felt that the Treaty of Versailles had been too harsh and therefore felt the need to compensate for this in many ways leading to Britain's own policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 1930s. Therefore the question was, was the moral solution maintaining Versailles, or turning a blind eye, was there a moral justification to appeasement?.
After the depression France and Britain were hard hit and therefore their priority was to build up their economy again, they had no intention of entering a war and also had no resources with which to do this. At the time many countries were more worried about the threat of communism and therefore believed that Hitler could defend them against it and act as a buffer. Lessons had been learnt from world war one and no-one wanted to enter into another war lightly. Neville chamberlain was elected in 1937 he gave appeasement a new drive believing that he must find out what Hitler wanted and negotiate, therefore believed that the best policy was to embark upon peaceful relations with Hitler in the hope that together they could maintain peaceful world relations in a way the league of nations had failed. At this point many of the Jewish purges were not done in the open and many of Hitler's demands seemed reasonable. In retrospect many Britain's felt they had placed the responsibility of the first world war too heavily on the Germans and therefore felt that Hitler was taking back what was naturally his and not in a forceful way but by plebiscite, posing no real threat to Britain in the West.
Appeasement Throughout the 1930's, appeasement was failing to stop the axis powers from wrecking havoc in the east. Appeasement is the act of giving in to demands in return for peace. ... Appeasement had been tried, but it only made the dictatorial apetites even bigger. ...
Chamberlain was a fool, appeasement was a mistake. ... There were many views of appeasement, some viewed it as a mistake, and others didn't. Was Chamberlain's policy of appeasement cowardly? ... Appeasement gave him more time to rearm and it made Germany stronger. ... Appeasement was a mistake. ...
This essay analyses the responsibility of Neville Chamberlain and his highly controversial Appeasement theory which hypothetically prevented the outbreak of the Second World War. ... Appeasement has been drastically criticised since it ended in a "humiliating failure" when Germany attacked Poland in 1939 (McDonough, 2002). ... Embodied principally by the person of Neville Chamberlain, appeasement aims to fulfill German resentment towards the treaty of Versailles though the exercise of conciliation (McDonough, 2002). ... Hitler's aggressive views, illustrated by his aim of gai...
The task of explaining why appeasement, has been continuously addressed by historians over the years. ... Appeasement can be defined as a disposition to avoid conflict by judicious concession and negotiation. ... Therefore the British government sought to follow a policy of appeasement. However, everyone did not share the acceptance of the policy of appeasement. ... That the policy of appeasement was deemed to fail from the onset. ...
Was Britain's policy of Appeasement in the 1930's right or wrong? Although many people criticise Britain's policy of appeasement in the 1930's I think it was a good idea. ... One of the terms of Appeasement was that Germany got some of Czechoslovakia's land. ... I think there are a lot of good reasons for appeasement, though. ... I think that overall, appeasement was the right policy for Britain to choose at this time. ...
Furthermore, because Britain and France felt sorry for Germany due to the injustice of the Treaty, Chamberlain introduced the Appeasement policy which gradually encouraged conflict between the countries. Britain and Germany signed an agreement in 1935 known as the Appeasement policy. ... The appeasement policy was introduced as an attempt to settle disputes between Germany and other countries but instead pursuing such a policy encouraged Hitler's aggression. Appeasement allowed Hitler to think that he could do what he pleased and he took many risks which resulted in war due to the squabb...
There were different perspectives on how the Axis powers should be dealt with some believed opposing countries and the League of Nations should use appeasement and some believed they should use collective security. ... One was Appeasement which was a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict. ... (Doc 6) this quote was in response of Chamberlain's policy of appeasement and how it would never work. Appeasement was tried once when the Munich Agreement occurred and it did not work. ... The reason other countries were dragged in...
What was the policy of appeasement, and in what sense (if any) did it fail? The definition of appeasement changed over time. ... The parameters of appeasement still need some defining however, both geographically and chronologically. ... This raises an important point about the classification of appeasement. ... Some imperialists, such as Leopold Amery, supported appeasement as a way of preserving and strengthening the Empire. ...
