WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Before World War II, Great Britain adopted a policy of appeasement in order to
A
form an alliance with Italy.
B
promote democracy in eastern Europe.
C
avoid war with Germany.
D
demilitarize the frontiers of France and the Soviet Union.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Appeasement, the policy of making concessions to dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict, governed Anglo-French foreign policy during the 1930s. Learning from the First World War made Britain and France apprehensive of another global escalation and they wanted to avoid a war-like situation by any means.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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