WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The policy of appeasement was the policy followed by the British and the French, of avoiding war with aggressive powers such as Japan, Italy and Germany by giving way to their demands in order to maintain peace and harmony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Appeasement was initially popular because: people wished to avoid conflict-memories of the Great War and its suffering were still present. Britain in the 1930s was struggling with the impact of the Depression, and so the country could not afford another war and heavy rearmament.

Detailed explanation-4: -Britain and France were convinced to end their policy of appeasement when Hitler broke his promises from the Munich Conference and took over the rest of Czechoslovakia. They knew Hitler had to be stopped and declared war on Germany when Hitler invaded Poland.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. More items