Appeasement
Review of German Troops, 1939 German Rearmament Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1989-034-21,_Warschau,_Parade_vor_Adolf_Hitler.jpg Review of German Troops, 1939
German Rearmament By 1938, Germany had rebuilt its military under Hitler Violation of Treaty of Versailles Hitler wanted to expand Germany’s boarders claiming to unite ethnic Germans in Europe European countries reluctant to prepare for war WHY?
German Aggression German Aggression 1936-1939 Image retrieved from http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/unit2WWII.html German Aggression 1936-1939
German Aggression 1936-1938: Germany remilitarized the Rhineland (purple stripes), annexed Austria (maroon) 1938: Germany demanded control of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (maroon) Heavy German ethnic population
Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-063-32,_Bad_Godesberg,_M%C3%BCnchener_Abkommen,_Vorbereitung.jpg Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement British government took role of negotiating with Germany Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich to find compromise over Sudetenland The Munich Agreement (9/29/1938), stated: Germany would receive the Sudetenland, and promised Germany would not take further land from Czechoslovakia
The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement became synonymous with the policy of appeasement Appeasement: giving into the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace
Further German Aggression Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zniszczenia1939_0.jpg Polish city of Wieluń after German bombing September 1, 1939
Further German Aggression 3/13/1939-Germany violated Munich Agreement Occupied Czechoslovakia 9/1/1939-Germany invaded Poland, which initiated WWII in Europe 9/3/1939-Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Central Historical Question Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?