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APPEASEMENT

APPEASEMENT. “Why should we take a stand about someone pushing someone else when its all so far away….”. What is Appeasement?. Trying to keep the peace Give them a peice of the pie and hope they don’t eat the whole thing Policy that Britain and France took towards Germany in the 1930s.

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APPEASEMENT

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  1. APPEASEMENT

  2. “Why should we take a stand about someone pushing someone else when its all so far away….”

  3. What is Appeasement? • Trying to keep the peace • Give them a peice of the pie and hope they don’t eat the whole thing • Policy that Britain and France took towards Germany in the 1930s.

  4. How was Germany appeased? • 1933-Germany leave the L of N - start to rearm in secret (Germany was banned under the Treaty of Versailles from having a large army or navy) • 1935-Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Abyssinian Crisis, German announces conscription (Germany was not supposed to have conscription because it was not supposed to have a large army or navy) • 1936- Remilitarization of the Rhineland (The Treaty of Versailles demanded that the Rhineland be demilitarised – i.e. no troops allowed there) • 1938 (March) Anschluss with Austria (This meant that Germany and Austria were united which was banned under the Treaty of Versailles) • 1938/9 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia • 1939 Hitler invades Poland

  5. Munich Agreement 1938 “I have in my hand a piece of paper…” • In 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to try and negotiate with Hitler. • Agreed that Hitler could take over the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia but no more • Chamberlain returned to Britain to a hero's welcome • “peace in our time.” Chamberlain on his return from Munich waving the piece of paper which he claimed had secured peace

  6. So what’s with this Chamberlain guy? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CAAqfS8lUQ • Youtube video- “Neville Chamberlain Appeasement World War 2”. 8:05 mins

  7. Chamberlain’s Fate & Legacy • Chamberlain resigned on 10 May 1940, after the Allies were forced to retreat from Norway as he believed a government supported by all parties was essential • Labour and Liberal parties would not join a government headed by him. • He was succeeded by Winston Churchill but stayed in politics • Ill health forced him to resign from Churchill’s war cabinet and he died of cancer six months after leaving the position of PM. • Chamberlain's reputation remains controversial among historians What do you think? Sensible or stupid?

  8. Sir Winston S Churchill • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4BVzYGeF0M&feature=related • 30 Nov 1874 – 24 Jan 1965 • PM twice (1940–45 & 51-55) • Army Officer in WW1 • Historian, writer, and artist. • Only British PM to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature • First person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States

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