Hitlers Appeasement By Amy S.

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Hitlers AppeasementBy Amy S.
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What were Hitler's demands?

• First demands were about Austria and
  Czechoslovakia wanted to unite these German
  speaking countries
• Goal was to make nazism the form of government
  after annexing Austria.

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More Demands

• Hitler announced German claims to the Sudetenland
  (area in Czechoslovakia)
• Austria was a German speaking country so France
  and Britain thought it was acceptable that he
  annexed it. However the Sudetenland had many
  different cultures and languages in it.
• This led to the Munich Crisis

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The Munich Crisis

• Czechs resisted Germany's attempt to annex them.
• France and Soviet Union threatened to attack
  Germany.
• Prime minister Neville chamberlain promised to
  assist France.
• Representatives from U.S.S.R, France, Britain,
  Italy and Germany met in Munich to decide
  Czechoslovakia's fate.
• Britain and France agreed to Hitlers demands.
  Became known as Appeasement.

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Who were the politicians That Agreed To The
Appeasement?

• Neville Chamberlain became prime minister to
  Britain in 1937
• Conservative government associated with foreign
  policy- appeasement
• Agreed to appeasement

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More politicians involved

• Edward Daladier represented France.
• Became prime minister of France in January, 1933.
• Supported appeasement

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Why Did Countries Give In To His Demands?

• Churchill wanted to avoid war so he thought
  appeasement would ensure peace.
• France and Britain had there own private affairs
  and couldnt deal with Hitler Appeasement was
  the easiest option.
• Churchill thought the Versailles treaty was to
  harsh on Germany and sympathized with Hitler.

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More reasons for giving in to demands

• Churchill thought that it was reasonable that
  German speaking countries should be united.
• Churchill and Daladier both believed that if
  Hitler got what he wanted he would eventually
  stop.

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Why Did Hitler Make His Demands?

• At the end of WWI the Versailles treaty was
  written by the Great Powers Britain, France,
  U.S. Italy
• Hitler viewed the treaty to be to harsh Germany
  was forced to take troops out of neighboring
  countries such as France and Poland.
• Unable to build up military. Germany also had to
  pay heavy war reparations.

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Hitlers demands part II

• Hitler also viewed the Germans to be of superior
  race all German speaking countries should be
  united.
• Blonde hair, blue eyes the perfect race (known
  as the Aryan race.

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Why Was Appeasement A Bad Idea?

• The point of appeasement was to maintain peace.
  Peace would have been hard to maintain because
  once Hitler gained some land he would
  automatically want more.
• If Britain and France opposed Hitler from the
  beginning, another WW might not have occurred.

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The End
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