USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In order to try to maintain peace, Great Britain and France followed this policy with Germany.
A
containment
B
appeasement
C
isolationism
D
blitzkreig
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the 1930s, Britain and France let Hitler do what he wanted, hoping that he would stop making demands and war would not happen. This policy was known as appeasement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Countries like Britain and France followed ‘The Policy of Appeasement’ as: They knew that the Treaty of Versailles had been harsh on the defeated nations of World War I. They felt that countries like Germany and Italy had genuine grievances.

Detailed explanation-3: -Appeasement was the policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers to avoid conflict. This policy was followed by the British and the French to prevent wars with aggressive powers like Germany and Italy.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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