Appeasement is a strategy that involves giving in to an opponent in hope that war will be averted. The prime example is Britain's policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Neville Chamberlain sought to accommodate Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and took no action when Germany absorbed Austria in 1938. When Adolf Hitler prepared to annex ethnically German portions of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain negotiated the notorious Munich Agreement. Part of the process of appeasement before World War II, the agreement allowed Germany to violate restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, prompting international criticism and driving a wedge between the French and the British. Some people believe that appeasement caused the war, by encouraging Hitler to think he could do anything, while other people believe that appeasement gave Britain time to re-arm and that appeasement was the diplomatic option of choice in 1938. I believe that appeasement was the diplomatic option of choice in 1938.
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English: Mass demonstration in front of the Reichs...Firstly, memories of the First World War contributed to the use of appeasement, many countries were still sufferring economically and socially from the war and did not want another war to begin anytime soon. Secondly, there was a Communist threat that had arised and many conservative politicians viewed Stalin as the greater of the two totalitarian evils as the Holocaust had not yet occurred. Lastly, The Treaty of Versailles imposed many restrictions on Germany's internal affairs, which were widely viewed by the Allied nations as being unfair to Germany. In this essay, the following three reasons as to why appeasement was the diplomatic option of choice in 1938 will be examined and explained in depth for a better understanding as to why appeasement was the diplomatic option of choice in 1938.
Firstly, memories of the First World War contributed to the...