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    war. Many blame the Treaty of Versailles, others the League of Nations, and others blame the Policy of Appeasement. The Treaty of Versailles put restrictions on Germany, blamed the cause of WW1 on it, and also made Germany pay for war reparations. The League of Nations was made to keep world peace by preventing wars and such by solving any disputes in a peaceful manner. The Policy of Appeasement was a policy between Hitler and Chamberlain which gave a piece of Czechoslovakia to Germany in order to

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    factors. The Treaty of Versailles was excessively harsh and angered the Germany people, The Great Depression resulted in European Nations not have the resources to prepare an army, Hitler’s dream of making Germany a global power and the futile Policy of Appeasement were all factors that caused World War II. Although multiple factors contributed to the start of WW2, Hitler’s agenda was the most prominent factor in starting WW2. Hitler always wanted to go to war regardless of other things happing around

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    Today, the Appeasement policy that Britain and France in the period of German aggression, was one of the main factors historians would consider to have caused the Second World War. Had the British or any of the Allied powers, intervened in Nazi expansionism, the war could have been prevented as early as 1936, when Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles with the occupation of the Rhineland. The Appeasement is seen as the act of cowardice and of poor judgement of the world powers. Britain, in particular

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    Evaluate the success of the policy of appeasement as followed by both Britain and France. When Neville Chamberlain became British Prime Minister in 1937, a policy of appeasement had already begun, Chamberlain adapted it as his own policy “He would find out what Hitler wanted and show him that reasonable claims could be met by negotiation rather than by force” (Lowe). The policy of appeasement’s success is debatable. Although it can be accountable for contributing to World War Two, it did delay a

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    followed a policy of appeasement to retain peace between countries and stop the fascist powers of Italy and Germany causing disruption. There is a subsequent amount of evidence to suggest the policy of appeasement was a failure due to events including the Abyssinian Crisis, the Reoccupation of the Rhineland, The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, the Spanish Civil War and the Anschluss. Although it can also be argued that Britain had some success with preventing the fascist powers making appeasement successful

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    Appeasement Policy was a foreign policy that was adapted by Britain and France in the 1930’s towards Germany. Britain and France let Hitler have whatever they considered necessary to preserve peace in Europe, as they merely wanted to focus on domestic issues, such as economy and unemployment . They believed that Hitler had certain aims and that once he had achieved these, he would be satisfied. So they allowed him to re-arm, invade the Rhineland (1936), and complete the Anschluss

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    Policy of Appeasement: Good or Bad? After the Great War, Germany and a couple other countries were greatly punished, having to pay reparations and territorial losses. Hitler, soon to be a dictator, wanted to change that. He believed that Germany had been punished too severely and wanted revenge; because he had such a strong government and military, there were many ways of going about stopping him. During the 1930’s, the policy of appeasement was the most effective response to Hitler’s aggression

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    In my opinion, Appeasement was the wrong policy to enact. I completely do not agree with it and if the allies had dealt with Germany firsthand, both appeasement and war would have been avoided. By enacting appeasement, The British government chose to give into Germany’s outrageous demands in order to avoid another devastating outbreak of war. This made the British seem as if they did not want to take action against Hitler. Several sources, a prime example a British political cartoon published in

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    final agreement was reached and the eventual aftermath it caused. Naturally, all of these leaders were first and foremost worried about the expectations of their people and government. Many critics of the deal say that Prime Minister Chamberlain’s appeasement for Hitler and the Nazi party failed not only the Czech people but much of Europe as well(Strang 481). When this process first began it was obvious that Europe did not want to begin another war, which German seemed to be plating the seeds for, and

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    Evaluate the view that the policy of appeasement played a major role in the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. After the mass amount of life lost in World War One, many countries, through the League of Nations, opted to prevent future conflict. Due to the failure collective security, the idea that countries could discourage aggression, appeasement became a policy adopted in the 1930s, especially by the British. Appeasement was developed in the belief that countries such as Germany were unfairly

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