USA HISTORY

In an effort to avoid a second “world war", when did Great Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?

(A) After France was invaded and divided by Germany

(B) When the United States declared war against Germany

(C) When Germany declared war against Britain and France

(D) ** Before the war began

Concept note-1: -Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness.

Concept note-2: -appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain’s policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Concept note-3: -Answer and Explanation: Britain, France, and the U.S. embraced the policy of appeasement because they wanted to avoid war with Germany at all costs.

Concept note-4: -Appeasement allowed Hitler to believe that he could get away with anything, encouraging Hitler to take the risks that led to World War Two. The policy was seen as cowardly by many in the 1940s, reflecting the idea that Hitler ‘reacted’ to the actions of Chamberlain being cowardly, rather than him being an aggressor.