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Defining the word "Appeasement"
Neville Chamberlain was that posh Prime Minister we had a whileback that liked waving paper around. He also liked appeasingGermany. Google's definition: "The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands inorder to preserve the peace" This didn't work with Hitler - he thought he could walk all over Europe!
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Background to Appeasement
The most famous account is of the lead up to WW2 where NevilleChamberlain appeased Hitler to try and prevent war. Firtsly: • Hitler joined with Austria in Anschluss• Then he remilitarized the Rhineland
• He then took the Sudetenland of Czechoslavakia• And finally conquered it
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Reasons for Appeasement
• People felt sympathy for Germany• People had a desire for peace as they could still
remember WW1.• There was a threat of Communism from Russia and they
didn't want to ally with them.• Many countries, especially Britain, needed time to re-arm.
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Reasons against Appeasement
There are many things wrong with appeasement such as:• It is only very short term• The rest of the world misjudged Hitler, they thought he
was rational
• And it is morally wrong, theyallowed Germany to breaktreaties.
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Historical interpretations of
AppeasementTraditionalist - Cato (1940-50) Thought appeasement waswrong and suckish.
Revisionist - AJP Taylor (1950) He thought appeasementwas the best option at the time. Counter Revisionist - McDonough (1990)Thought appeasement was the only option,
but it wasn't done very well.
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Links for Further Reading
Here are some links for further reading:• This first link, is a trusted website by an online historian called John
Simkin. You will find the background to appeasement and an explanationof the times.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWappeasement.htm
• This link is to the GCSE bitesize webite and contains the vital information.http:/www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/chamberlainandappeasementrev1.shtml
• This link is to wikipedia, and so may contain wrong information, sobecareful and double check it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement