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Policy of Appeasement—Justifiable? (General—Yes (Great Depression (Both…
Policy of Appeasement—Justifiable?
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland – 1936
Rhineland was already German so it would not be a huge violation of Treaty if Germany occupied it
League distracted by the Abyssinia crisis
Anschluss with Austria – 1938
Enemies with Austria—doesn't care about them
Austria wanted an Anschluss—no problem
Germany was expanding in the opposite direction so it was not a threat
Rearmament
Began in secret
LoN disarmament conference collapsed in 1934—hypocritical of other countries to enforce disarmament on Germany
Creates jobs
A militarily strong Germany would be a buffer to communist expansion
Anglo-German agreement 1935—attempt to limit Germany's arms
General—Yes
Wanted to be trading partners with Germany
Germany as a barrier to communist expansion
Great Depression
Both economies damaged
Neither wanted to attack Germany without the help of the other and they hated each other
No domestic drive for war—Empire would not support Britain
France and Britain could not agree
Treaty was too harsh
Wanted to avoid a war like WWI at all cost
No help from the US
No
Every time they let Hitler get away with something it prompted him to be more aggressive
Put too much faith
in Hitler's promises
Anglo-German Naval agreement – 1935
Munich Agreement—1938
Spanish Civil War
Allowed Germany to become too strong so they couldn't fight him
Underestimated Hitler's power and ruthlessness—willing to break treaties and use force
Not caring about Eastward expansion prompted the Nazi-Soviet pact
Showed weakness and cowardice
Mein Kampf—Hitler's plans already laid out—should have responded
Hitler had already pursued a
severe anti-Semitic policy
Lost voting rights
Nuremberg Laws
Banned from many public places
Sudetenland
Prevent German-Czech war
Gives more time to build up arms—air force
Hitler breaks agreement—public backing for war
Skews Hitler's plan—no excuse for Czech invasion