Appeasement is totally unnecessary as it gave the green light for aggression, as demonstrated in abyssinia 1935 mussolini could get away with doing what he wanted without the major powers such as Britain and France getting involved. Hitler thus began to create an aggressive foreign policy. Hitler carried out the remilitarisation of the rhineland in 1936 and then went on to take Austria and Czechoslovakia without facing opposition. This portrayed that chamberlain was inexperienced with international politics and relations and showed the allies to be weak. Beside this , the appeasement also led to a devastating war that could have been stopped earlier. Hitler gave orders to his army to retreat if faced by opposition in the remilitarisation of the rhineland in 1936, however britain was unwilling to become involved in an 'irrelivant' piece of land and france was unwilling to act alone. If Hitler was opposed and his army retreated then he would have faced public humiliation and eventually been deposed. Furthermore through appeasement the allies lost a strong potential ally- Czechoslovakia. They have an army of 34 divisions and were extremely powerful however at the munich conferences 1928, they appeased hitler and allowed him to take the whole of the sudetanland. Eventually this appeasement led hitler to believe that Britain and France would yet again appease him in Poland, which is when war was declared on the 3rd september 1939.

fuqi, zhirong, yunjia

Based on Hitler's abilities i believed that Germany would do well even without the appeasement. Appeasement may have made life easier for Hitler since he managed to get Britain and France from getting into his way. But, since Hitler wanted to increase lebensraum and also wanted all German speaking people to live together in 'Greater Germany'. We believe that he would do anything to obtain these goals. The appeasement also allowed Hitler to do all the things to obtain his goals openly. So we could say that the appeasement was the one that made Hitler feel more powerful and also successful. This eventually led to more unhappy events when thoughts of people werent considered.

Fuqi. Zhirong. Yunjia

You are right. You cant fight everyone but signing an appeasement was totally unnecessary. There were proves saying that there were other better ideas of settling this situition other than through appeasement. Why was appeasement even necessary when Hitler broke the rules so many times and no actions were done to him?

We are saying that since Britain is so unwilling to sacrifice herself to protect the other smaller countries then why is there even a need to sign an appeasement with Hitler( Germany). When their only intention is to protect themselves. Britain could have spent the time on recovering on the loss from the war and also creating new weapons instead of spending time dealing with Germany. Wouldnt that prepare them sufficiently if a war breakout?

There would be both pros and cons for the action of wanting an appeasement. What you stated is only the main few reasons of appeasement. But if you looked at this matter in full details, there are alot of diasdvantages and it also brought discomfort to many

Fuqi, ZhiRong, Yunjia

Appeasement was the policy followed by the British, and later by the French, of avoiding war with aggressive powers such as Japan, Italy and Germany, by giving way to their demands, provided they were not too unreasonable.

My opinion is that the whole appeasement policy was wrong because it was applied to a wrong person. It might have worked with some German government, but with Hitler it was doomed to failure. During the period of the appeasement policy, Hitler was still exploring the terrain in order to see how far he can go. Britain and France should have taken a firm line with him before Germany had become too strong: an Anglo-French attack on western Germany in 1936 at the time Rhineland occupation would have taught Hitler and a lesson and might have toppled him from power.

There are many reasons why the appeasement policy was unnecessary. Big part takes the national self-interest, showed by all the big powers, especially by Britain. This showed Hitler two main things: first, that the West is not united and thus easy to deal or fight with; and second, that the West doesn't really care about the small eastern-European stated such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, which gives him a free way to get what he wants without making too much noise.

Britain had showed its self-interest many times, both directly, and indirectly. When Austen Chamberlain, the British Foreign Minister said at the time of Locarno that no British government would ever risk the bones of a single British grenadier in defence of the Polish Corridor, it seemed to Germany that Britain had turned her back on eastern counties. The British reaction on re-occupation of Rhineland was shocking: Lord Londonderry was reported to have sent Hitler a telegram congratulating him on his success. All this, together with the later pressure over Poland to surrender Danzig, showed that Britain is ready to sacrifice any country except from itself, just to satisfy Hitler and ensure its security.

by Yun Jia, fuji, zhirong

Appeasement was unnecessary because every time Hitler was given an inch, he took a yard. Hitler took it as a sign of weakness on behalf of the Western allies and assumed that they had no will to go to war. Hence he kept pushing back the Versailles Treaty - developing a bigger army/navy and airforce, re-militarising the Rhineland, Anschluss, the Sudetenland etc. At every violation of Versailles France and the UK didn't try and stop him. Even after Munich when Hitler was allowed to re-colonise the Sudetenland a treaty was drawn up and signed by France and the UK allowing the return to Germany of this territory. Hitler then reneged on that treaty and promise and invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia.

When Britain signed a treaty with Poland to go to her aid if she were attacked, Hitler thought that the British would again back down. Appeasement was designed to give Hitler something to keep him quiet, but it failed because the western allies failed to understand what Hitler's ultimate objectives were and that was to militarily dominate central Europe way beyond Germany's borders. And in the meantime, it certainly did strengthened the British military, but it also, gave Hitler extra time to strengthened the German Army and this further triggered his urge to go to war.

YunJia Fuqi ZhiRong

It was unnecessary. Because the only good thing that came to appeasement would be it would grant preparation time in case of war. However, it was a mistake as Germany desired lebensarum of living space and would do it by conquest as Austria Czechoslovakia , Holland ,Poland , France and Belgium etc. and did it quickly so appeasement did not work and ruined political careers. For example, when Hitler annexed Austria, neither the League of Nations nor Western politicians did anything concrete to stop him. When Hitler demanded the Sudetenland, Britain and France gave in. When he took over the rest of Czechoslovakia, they again did nothing. Besides this appeasement encouraged Hitler to be aggressive as every time Hitler got away with one of his aggressive acts, he became more daring and believed that none of the allied countries would attempt to stop him. There is evidence that Hitler was very unsure and nervous about marching the soldiers into the Rhineland. To his surprise, no one tried to stop him. If the allied countries would have acted then, Hitler could have been stopped, instead they let Hitler push his way around Europe.It was not until Hitler invaded Poland that the Chamberlain of England and Daladier of France finally did something, but by then it was too late. These countries seemed to let World War II happen. Therefore, the appeasement is totally unnecessary.

fuqi,zhirong,yunjia

The Appeasement was unnecessary. Chamberlain thought ‘a piece of paper’ would be able to control Hitler from doing things that would cause a war. And therefore came out with the appeasement policy. He only had the intention to prevent Britain from war again. but due to his actions, millions of Austrians and Czechs were abandoned to the brutal Nazi terror. During the meetings, none of the sides considered the feelings and thoughts of the Czechs Government and people. So what was an appeasement for when it was to bring peace and to satisfy both parties when the Czechs feelings werent considered. And also from research, appeasement was not the only choice possible. in fact there were many other alternatives like, securing support at home for an anti-German alliance and worked to build a barrier to Hitler's expansion. Appeasement was also the reason that had caused all the events that lead to WW2. Even Churchill ( who took over Chamberlain position in war) said this " A terrible policy - Hitler now thinks he can get away with whatever he wants!" He too find that it was unnecessary.

FuQi,ZhiRong,Yunjia