WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict.

Detailed explanation-2: -Great Britain and France hoped to prevent another world war by giving into Hitler’s demands through a policy of appeasement.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The policy of appeasement that was carried out by Britain and France is often considered to be one of the main causes of World War II and began by Germany carrying out actions against the basic terms of the Treaty of Versailles that Germany was forced to accept at the end of World War I.

Detailed explanation-5: -Appeasement reached its climax in September 1938 with the Munich Agreement. Chamberlain hoped to avoid a war over Czechoslovakia by conceding to Adolf Hitler’s demands.

Detailed explanation-6: -Appeasement allowed Hitler to think that he could do what he pleases, and he took too many risks, unsure of when the allied forces would respond. Appeasement encouraged Hitler to be more aggressive, with each victory giving him confidence and power.