WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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All the Western democracies felt Germany was treated unfairly by the Versailles treaty.
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The Western democracies had eliminated their armies following World War I.
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The Western democracies wanted to avoid the horrors of another war.
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The Western democracies supported Hitler s nationalism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The western democracies responded to aggression with a policy of appeasement because the Western democracies wanted to avoid the horrors of another war. Option C is correct.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Western democracies responded to the aggression of the Axis powers during the 1930s by following a policy of appeasement in an effort to keep the peace and a series of Neutrality Acts to avoid war, but it didn’t do much.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did western powers follow a policy of appeasement even though it seemed to encourage more aggression? Western powers followed a policy of appeasement even though it seemed to encourage more aggression because they would rather save face and not have another war.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.