WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

NAZISM IN GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did France follow a policy of appeasement even when Germany invaded the Rhineland?
A
A treaty had been signed
B
Ironman was supposed to take care of it but he got lost
C
They didn’t have assistance from the United Kingdom
D
They were afraid of the Soviet Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Countries like Britain and France followed ‘The Policy of Appeasement’ as: 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The remilitarization of the Rhineland (German: Rheinlandbesetzung) began on 7 March 1936, when German military forces entered the Rhineland, which directly contravened the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties. Neither France nor Britain was prepared for a military response, so they did not act.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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