1. Appeasement

2. 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.

3. What is appeasement? To pacify or placate.
The policy that England and France had towards Hitler and Mussolini in the years before WWII.

4. Review of German Troops, 1939
German Rearmament
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Review of German Troops, 1939

5. German Aggression German Aggression 1936-1939
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German Aggression

6. Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement
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Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement

7. Further German Aggression
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Polish city of Wieluń after German bombing September 1, 1939

8. Central Historical Question
Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?