WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Appeasement: Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Appeasement is the diplomatic tactic of offering concessions to aggressor nations in an attempt to avoid or delay war. Appeasement is most often associated with Great Britain’s failed attempt to prevent war with Germany by offering concessions to Adolph Hitler.

Detailed explanation-4: -appeasement (n.) First recorded 1919 in the international political sense; it was not pejorative until the failure of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s policy toward Germany in 1939 (methods of appeasement was Chamberlain’s description of his policy).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.