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Appeasement

By/ Matthew J

and

Josh A


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WhatIs Appeasement? Appeasement is:

"The policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and

satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise

..."(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement)

"The policy of pacifying an aggressive nation in the hopes ofavoiding further conflict."

(www.unitedpagans.com/classes/mod/glossary/view.php)

"The policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive

power in an attempt to keep the peace."

(http://www.yourdictionary.com/appeasement)Appeasement is the giving of something to someone

which thy want, in order to try and prevent them

from wanting any more.


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The Appeasement Of Hitler After joining with Austria (Anschluss) Hitler decided

that he wanted to take over the Sudatenland as theGermans who lived there wanted to be apart ofGermany.

However, the Czechs who lived along sidethem revolted against the idea, and so Hitlerthreatened to invade anyway.

It was at this time , September, 1938, that NevilleChamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain, arranged tomeet with Hitler and try and appease him by gettinghim to sign an agreement, know as the Munichagreement, to prevent another world war.

The agreement signed by Hitler allowed him to havethe entire Sudatenland as he had demanded.

It was the act of appeasement, by giving Hitler what hewanted, that prolonged the threat of war until 1939,when Hitler invaded the rest of Czechkoslovakia.


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Left: Hitler and

the Nazi party's

ideology on what

Germany and itspeople should be

like.Below: Neville

Chamberlain,

British PrimeMinister from

1937 - 1940


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Reasons for

Appeasement No on wanted a repeat of the First World War as many families had either lost

somone the

y loved or someone they knew, and many families would still havebeen grieving or trying to rebuild their lives. The use of Appeasement towardsHitler gave time for this reformation and eliminated the threat of war to acertain degree. Also, it gave Britain time to re-arm.

After the Treaty Of Versailles enforced such harsh restrictions on Germany

and its people ( the reparation bill of 6600 million ) many people though thatby letting HItler have what he wanted, for his Germany, it would compensatefor the strictness of the Treaty's terms. In a way, it gave Germany back a littlemore of its freedom and allowed it to partially recover from WW1. TheAppeasement was, in a way, breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

As they were unable to protect the countries that layed in Hitler's path, such

as Poland and Czechkoslavia, Britain and France though that by AppeasingHitler they would eliminate the threat of communism from Russia/USSR, byallowing Germany to become strong and oppose Stalin.


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ReasonsAgainstAppeasement The people of Czechkoslovakia who didnt want Hitler to invade

had no say in what should happen to their country. Many people

saw the giving of land to appease someone as not just wrong, but

morally wrong aswell. It wasn't right to decide the fate of

another country and its people, when the country wasn't yours,

as Britain and France did, which led to not just Czechkoslovakiabeing invaded but Poland aswell.

Allowing Hitler to have the land he wanted, not only boostedthe people of Germany's faith in him, but also boosted Hitler

himself's confidence ,which therefore, gave him more power and

made him more feared. This wasn't good, as the appeasement

fueled Hitler's desire for German greatness and permitted him to

gain 'Lebensraum' ( living-space ) for his people.


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Interpretations Of Appeasement

Over Time: Tradition Historian ( Cato ) 1940/50's - He thoughtAppeasement was a bad idea due to it having failed in the effort to

prevent WW2 .

Revisionist ( ASP Taylor ) 1950's - He thought thatAppeasement was the bect course of action to have chosen at the

time of the Czechkoslovakian crisis.

Counter- Revisionist ( McDonough ) 1990's - He thought thatthe Appeasement shown towards Hitler at that particular point in

history could have been shown better and much stronger, despite thefact Britain and France were still recovering from the effects of

WW1.


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Links For Further Reading http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chamberlain_arthur_nevill

e.shtml

( Brief History of the life of Neville Chmaberlain ) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm

( Brief History of Hitler's life and political career ) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/chamberlain

andappeasementrev1.shtml

( Summary of the Appeasement that was shown towards Hitler ) http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/public_opinion_and_appeasement_i

.htm

( The publics' opinion of Appeasement at the time-1938 )

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