WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -France and Britain’s policy toward Germany of giving concessions in hopes of avoiding war was called: appeasement.

Detailed explanation-4: -appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.