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Why is appeasement in the 1930s an
important case study for today?
Giving candy to
a child to stop
them from
crying, giving
territory to a
dictator to stop
him form waging
war. Is it the
same thing?
Who in their right mind believes we should even try to
placate the monsters responsible for the atrocities of
September 11th, 2001?
Terrorists see negotiations as a sign of weakness and a
lack of resolve. Though the 'peace protestors' mean well,
they... are the same type of people who sought to appease
Adolf Hitler.
http://www.9-11justice.org/
CHURCHILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS FEB
1938
The Prime Minister and his colleagues have
entered upon another and a new policy. The old
policy was an effort to establish the rule of law in
Europe, and build up through the League of
Nations effective deterrents against the
aggressor. Is it the new policy to come to terms
with the totalitarian Powers in the hope that by
great and far-reaching acts of submission, not
merely in sentiment and pride, but in material
factors, peace may be preserved.
A firm stand by France and Britain, under the authority of
the League of Nations, would have been followed by the
immediate evacuation of the Rhineland without the
shedding of a drop of blood; and the effects of that might
have enabled the more prudent elements of the German
Army to gain their proper position, and would not have
given to the political head of Germany the enormous
ascendancy which has enabled him to move forward.
Austria has now been laid in thrall, and we do not know
whether Czechoslovakia will not suffer a similar attack.
You have only to look at the map to see that nothing we could do
could possibly save Czechoslovakia from being overrun by the
Germans.
- Chamberlain, writing to his sister in 1938.
REASONS FOR APPEASEMENT
Some British people approved of Hitler's policies.
The British people hoped that a strong Germany would
stop the growth of Communist Russia.
Many people felt that events in Europe were not
Britain's business.
Many British people wanted peace.
Many British people agreed with Hitler that the Treaty
of Versailles was unfair.
"The Reckoning."
"PAN-GERMAN:
'MONSTROUS, I CALL IT.
WHY, IT'S FULLY A
QUARTER OF WHAT WE
SHOULD HAVE MADE
THEM PAY, IF WE'D
WON.'"
In the immediate aftermath
of the war, European nations
had little sympathy for
Germany. Over time,
however, a consensus
developed that Germany had
been punished too harshly.