Appeasement which was done by chamberlain was to satisfy Germany for preventing war. Actually, at that time, Germany was demanding many things which it lost through Treaty of Versaille. Chamberlain who was British prime minister thought Germany was too punished and had rights to return their prohibited things, and he also thought if he did appeasement, it will make Hitler who was the leader of Germany satisfy and war won’t happen. So appeasement started. Nowadays, in general, people think Chamberlain was wrong and he shouldn’t do appeasement. But it isn’t true. Even if appeasement failed and war started, I think appeasement was good.
It’s true that appeasement doesn’t look like good. In fact, it had lots of disadvantages which looked very huge. At first, it made Hitler stronger. Through appeasement, Hitler had lots of lands and confidence he can do anything. For example, when Germany invaded the Rhineland and Austria, Britain and France did nothing. They believed if they returned the land which Germany was lost by Treaty of Versaille, Hitler will satisfy and be harmony with other European countries, so they even did Munich agreement and gave Hitler Sudetenland. Maybe it will give Hitler confidence which he can do anything and Britain and France are afraid of Germany. It also made more German Nazi (through the Germans in Sudetenland and Danzig.) which supported Hitler and more German territory for war.
The second, through appeasement, no one trusted Britain, because there were many affairs which Britain couldn’t keep their promises. For example, When Britain did appeasement, chamberlain said Germany surely won’t make a war and he persuaded Czechoslovakia to give Sudetenland to Germany. (Actually, Czechoslovakia wanted to protect it) But he was completely wrong! Czechoslovakia lost Sudetenland and Hitler wanted more and more and finally invaded the Czechoslovakia which don’t relate to Germany. (I mean in Treaty of Versaille.) No one trusted Britain.
The Essay on Germany 3 Hitler Britain War
And in the midst of the Japan crisis there is Germany. Germany had no idea that they were really losing WWI. They finally found out by reading it in the paper and this caused great psychological shock. Their leaders had lied to them. Germany thought they had lost in an unfair fight. Nazi's said that the Jews had stabbed them in the back. And they were humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles. In ...
Until now on, we saw the bad side of appeasement. But we should know the situation which Chamberlain who did appeasement, faced. At that time there was a widespread horror of war in Britain. So even if Chamberlain was willing to have a war with Germany, British won’t hear what he was talking. (British had a huge sympathetic with Germany which was punished too much in the treaty of Versaille and British public opinion opposed rearmament.) And at that time, France also didn’t want a war. So if Britain made a war, Britain should fight alone. Chamberlain didn’t have other alternatives. So he chose the appeasement and thought Germany would satisfy through appeasement. We should know there is no other choice for Britain.
And in spite of all the bad effects, if we think over appeasement, it was better than had a war. At first, If Chamberlain didn’t do appeasement but just declare war on Germany right that time, the war would last far longer, (because the war started much earlier.) and more people would die because of that. The second, appeasement also gave time for UK preparing for a war.
During appeasement, Britain and other countries were starting to know more and more what Hitler really was wanting and they can have time to prepare a war for unexpected situation, it helped a lot when World War II actually happened. The third, the appeasement gave Britain high moral ground. In fact, Britain did nearly everything for preventing the war. We can see this affair through Munich agreement. When Germany required Sudetenland, Britain persuaded Czechoslovakia to give Sudetenland to Germany. Maybe it looked like this ‘Britain did best for preventing the war, and Germany didn’t admit it.’ Therefore, I think it can be one reason that when the war started, many other countries with Britain fought against Germany.
The Essay on War Between Britain And The United States In 1812
There were several important factors that lead to the war between Britain and the United States. In this essay, we will explore three of them. The first issue was the impressment of United States seamen into the Royal Navy. Second, was a series of trade restrictions enacted by Britain to impede American trade with France. And third, a possible desire of the United States to annex Canada. The Royal ...
As I said before, I think appeasement is good, even if appeasement has many bad sides, it made countries prepare for a war and saved millions of death from an earlier war. I think nobody couldn’t stop a war because Hitler was already determined to have the war, so through appeasement, Britain reduced the period of World War II.
