Up to this point in the course most of what we have been doing has been leading up to the outbreak of World War II. Over the last week we have looked more in depth at events in Europe and Japan and how a policy of appeasement by Great Britain, France and the U.S. lead to increasing aggression and violence.
Each of you has been assigned two of the following questions to respond to. Answer your questions and read the responses of your classmates as these questions will be part of the final unit evaluation.
Remember to identify what question you are responding to and put your initials at the end of you
1. Explain how the policy of appeasement contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War.
2. Define the term appeasement and explain why Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement during the inter-war years.
3. Why did Britain and France declare war when Germany invaded Poland in 1939?
4. Compare and contrast the actions of Japan in Asia with the actions of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe.
5. Why did Chamberlain think he had achieved "peace with honour" in October, 1938, yet in March, 1939 said all "that he had worked for lay in ruins"?
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3. Britain and France decided to declare war on Germany when they invaded Poland, because they realized that Hitler was never going to stop his invasion of Europe, and that appeasement would not work. They announced to Germany that if they didn't leave Poland, Britain and France would declare war on them. Germany refused to leave, so Britain and France declared war on them.
-J.R.
2) Appeasement- the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict. Britain and France adopted appeasement because they had just had a big war and they were not looking to into another war.
Chamberlin was working towards peace with Hitler. He appeased and allowed Germany to pretty much so as they please, Chamberlin hoped to achieve a lasting peace by allowing this to happen. And in 1939 ww2 began and all of chamberlains work was wasted, as the peace he desired was crumpled.
4. The actions of Japan towards Asia were very similar to the actions of Mussolini and Hitler towards Europe. Both believed that they were a superior race, and deserved to take over the world. They began to take over the countries around them, and ignored rebukes from the League of Nations, knowing that there was nothing the League could really do aside from starting a war.
-J.R.
2)Apeasment is the policy of the settling international quarels by admiting andsatisfying grievence thorugh rational negotiation and compromise. Britain and France justhad a war- didnt want another one.
H.R
5)the reason chamberlain shays that everything he worked for was rruined because of the dismemberment of czechoslovakia chamberlain and the fact that he was wrong about hitler. E.K.-B.
1. The policy of appeasement contributed to the second world war because people didn't want to get involved so they stayed out of it and meanwhile everything around them was getting more aggressive. So as it was getting more aggressive, everything was falling apart and more people were starting to fight, and then it escaladed into a war..
BM
3) France and Britain declared war when Germany invaded Poland. This was another attack. Soon the rest of the world had decided that Hitler wasn’t going to stop. That he was a major threat, to themselves.
1) The policy of appeasment contributed to the outbreak of he Second World War by allowing hitler to invade the demiliarized rhineland adn to enter Austria.
H.R
3. Why did Britain and France declare war when Germany invaded Poland in 1939?
When the German divisions attacked Poland on the first day of Sept. the Poles had little hope. While the British and the French declared war on Germany two days later, there was little they could do. The British and French did this because they realized that Hitler was never going to stop his invasion of Europe, and that the appeasement would not work. They warned Germany that if they did not leave Poland they would declare war; the German's refused to leave, leaving Britian and France with no other choice but to declare war.
-A.M
2) Appeasement is an approach to foreign relations which attempts to maintain peace by making concessions to teh aggressor so as to prevent the aggressor from going to war.
Britain & France adopted an appeasement policy because they argued that Hitler was merely correcting what never should have happened in the first place.
From the British point of view, a strengthened Germany was good for Europe for trade purposes nad for offsetting Russian and French influence. The appeasers also did not realize that Hitler was the master of deceit.
1) the policy of appeasment contributed to the outbreak of WW2 because the appeasers would do anything to keep from having another war, so no one did anything. so the appesment let hitler continue doing what he wanted. E.K.-B.
1. appeasement is the policy of making concessions to people to win their favour. Great Britain used this approach towards Hitler in the late 30's. Chamberlain believed that Hitler should be treated favourably and his demands, were reasonable, agreed to. This way he thought Hitler would learn that sensible negotiation and not confrontation was the way to settle things. Hitler though took advantage of this as he knew that they didn't want to go to war. He still went in and invaded other countries and went ahead on his plan. This was one of the causes of the war since he just kept going forward and ignoring everyone until everyone else realized he wanted the whole world.
5.)Chamberlain said he had achieved "peace with honour" because there was an understanding that peace would be maintained. Instead Hitler went along saying he would agree to peace but instead he went the other way. All the time that he took to negotiate was merly a big waste of time. And this was realized when Hitler went ahead and invaded Poland, which is why Chamberlain said "that he had worked for lay in ruins". They were played into Hitlers games and belived him and when they realized this they had to go to war which they were trying to avoid.
s.t.
Appeasement is the approach to foreign relations which attempts to maintain peace by making concessions to the aggressor so as to prevent the aggressor from going to war.It was practiced by many western nations facing Hitler, but the but the two main appeasing countries were Britain and France.
Within Britain there existed an appeasement and non-appeasement group. The results of the appeasement in the Rhineland, told Hitler what he wanted to know, that he could get away with bluff because Britain and France were unwilling to act.
The summary of the pre-war years, concludes that appeasement in Europe was finished. The events of March had proven that was in fact an aggressor, cunningly exploiting for his dreams. R.D.
2. Define the term appeasement and explain why Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement during the inter-war years.
Appeasement is an approach to foreign relations which attemps to maintain peace by making concessions to the aggressor, so as to prevent the aggressor from going to war. It was practised by many Western nations facing Hitler, but the two main appeasing countries were Britain and France. The reasons why Britain and France adopted to the policies of appeasement are the following;
-Britain had developed a revisionish school of thought ever since the signing of the Versailles Treaty. They argued that Hitler was merely correcting what never should have happened in the first place
-The First World War had been so brutal that appeasers would do anything to avoid a repeat performance
-From a British point of view a strengthened Germany was good for Europe for trade purposes and for offsetting Russian and/or French inflence
-The appeasers saw Hitler as a block against communism-they hated communism more than fascism. The appeasers had been encouraged by Hitler's actions against internal communistts in Germany.
-The Balance of Power concept was not dead. Appeasers thought that only by returning to balance of power in Europecould peace be maintained
-None of the items on Hitler's "hit list" were vital British interests
-The appeasers did not understand that Hitler was the master of deceit
-Unfortunately, the weakness in this line of reasoning is that an aggressor, knowning he will be appeased, will, step by step, change the status uo until the new status quo is such that he will no longer be stoppped by concessions
-A.M
4)In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, the province of China. Japan basically wanted an empire like the other superpowers. Hitler was busy trying to take over Europe. Mussolini wanted to be like the Roman Empire was so he invaded places like Ethiopia. These countries were all trying to become strong empires by taking over countries and widening their borders.
5)The first quote chamberlin is meaning that peace was restored between him and hitler but hitler was in fact lieing. The second quote is meaning that chamberlin realized he had been foold by hitler and all was lost for him.
4)In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, the province of China. Japan basically wanted an empire like the other superpowers. Hitler was busy trying to take over Europe. Mussolini wanted to be like the Roman Empire was so he invaded places like Ethiopia. These countries were all trying to become strong empires by taking over countries and widening their borders.
5)The first quote chamberlin is meaning that peace was restored between him and hitler but hitler was in fact lieing. The second quote is meaning that chamberlin realized he had been foold by hitler and all was lost for him.
D.C.
The two main appeasing were Britain and France. It was practiced by many Western nations facing Hitler. It was an approach to human relations which assumed people are peace-loving.
The reasons behind appeasement include a strong desire to avoid a repetition of the first world war, from a British point of view a strengthened Germany was good for Europe, the appeasers saw Hitler as a block against communisim, the balance of power concept was not dead , appeasers thought that only by returning to balance of power would peace be maintained, the appeasers did not see that Hitler was a master of deceit, an aggresor can never be appeased. R.D.
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