WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

NAZISM IN GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What term means giving into an aggressor in order to achieve peace and was responsible for the rise of dictators in the 1920s & 1930s?
A
containment
B
appeasement
C
assimilation
D
detente
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The dictionary defines appeasement as the attempt to bring about a state of peace, quiet, ease, or calm. In history, however, the word usually refers to the unsuccessful effort by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain to keep Adolph Hitler from starting World War II.

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, in an international context, is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of appeasement This included Britain not ‘getting tough’ on Germany when it rearmed and invaded the Rhineland, and its invasion of Czechoslovakia. The most famous example of appeasement is Chamberlain signing the Munich agreement which resulted in Germany taking the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Appeasement: Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace.

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