WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following terms describes giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace?
A
lebensraum
B
appeasement
C
capitulation
D
blitzkrieg
Explanation: 

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

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: -Perhaps the best-known example of appeasement took place on September 30, 1938, when leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy signed the Munich Agreement allowing Nazi Germany to annex the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Appeasement was giving in to an aggressor to keep peace.It basically postponed the War from happening but did not stop the war from happening . The Most effective response to aggression at this time was collective security because it was using the appeasement to got the countries together and didn’t benefit them.

Detailed explanation-6: -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 Britain could not fight another war, the equipment Britain had was out of date and Britain did not have sufficient numbers to keep up a long war against Germany.

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