Appeasement
Objectives Today we will be able to respond to the question, “Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?” by analyzing numerous primary sources.
What is appeasement? To pacify or placate. The policy that England and France had towards Hitler and Mussolini in the years before WWII.
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 Aggression German Aggression 1936-1939 Image retrieved from http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/unit2WWII.html German Aggression 1936-1939
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
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
Central Historical Question Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?