HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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Question
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Detente
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Balance of power
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Appeasement
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Collective security
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Detailed explanation-1: -His goal was to prevent the war from breaking out. (Context) Why might people in England in 1938 have supported appeasement? They probably didn’t have another world war, and saw him as a powerful person to protect them from war.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -No one wanted another world war after the devastation of the First World War, therefore, appeasement was a method to avoid a war. Britain could not fight another war, the equipment Britain had was out of date and Britain did not have sufficient numbers to keep up a long war against Germany.
Detailed explanation-4: -Appeasement was said to have been beneficial because it provided the Allies with more time to prepare for war. However, the idea that the Munich Agreement had restored peace fooled the Allies into a stagnant state since none of them were fully prepared for the war when it arrived.