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WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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“It took the Big Four just five hours and twenty-five minutes here in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war, after all. There is to be peace, and the price of that peace is, roughly, the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler’s Germany/ The German Fuhrer gets what he wanted, only he has to wait a little longer for it. Not much longer though-only ten days.Source:William Shirer, recording of CBS radio report from Prague, September 29, 1938.The policy that France, Britain, and Italy chose to follow at this meeting is known as
A
appeasement
B
liberation
C
self-determination
D
pacification.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It was meant to be a peaceful agreement but enabled Hitler to continue showing force and have his demands met. The Munich Agreement had the opportunity to stop the war and failed due to its weak predecessors and the strong pattern of appeasement towards Hitler that had already been established.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Munich Agreement Did Not Cause World War II, The Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact Did.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI, the worldwide economic depression, failure of appeasement, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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