In March 1939, when Germany seized the remainder of Czechoslovakia, it was clear that appeasement had failed. Chamberlain now promised British support to Poland in the case of German aggression. A misguided belief in ‘peace in our time’ was replaced by a reluctant acceptance of the inevitability of war.

The failure of the Policy was largely deemed on that Appeasement was misconceived; Hitler’s ambitions to increase Germany’s borders and to expand Lebensraum, stretched much further than the legitimate grievances of Versailles.

Appeasement was the process in which the British and the French, in particular, allowed Hitler to violate the Treat of Versailles and, eventually, to take over other countries, without resisting him. They allowed Hitler to do so because they did not want a war. Appeasement was a mistake because it did not prevent war.

How did appeasement lead to WW2? Spurred by voters who demanded “No more war”, the leaders of Britain, France, and the United states tried to avoid conflict through diplomacy. This resulted in weak western governments and this allowed Hitler and other countries to take advantage and cause war. …

Appeasement was said to have been beneficial because it provided the Allies with more time to prepare for war. However, the idea that the Munich Agreement had restored peace fooled the Allies into a stagnant state since none of them were fully prepared for the war when it arrived.

Arguments for Appeasement

• Some German Claims were Just. There was a feeling that Germany had been hard done by at Versailles therefore some concessions were deserved.
• Greater Fear of Communism. Parts of Europe were still recovering from the affects of the Great Depression.
• Strong Peace Movement.
• No Effective League of Nations.

The Germans and Soviets Make a Deal Ribbentrop carried a proposal from Hitler that both countries commit to a nonaggression pact that would last 100 years. Stalin replied that 10 years would be sufficient. The proposal also stipulated that neither country would aid any third party that attacked either signatory.

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Germany wanted to expand its territory to include the Sudetenland and gain control of key military defences in the area. Once it had control of these defences, invading the rest of Czechoslovakia would be considerably easier.

Appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain’s policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

On March 7, 1936, Adolf Hitler sent over 20,000 troops back into the Rhineland, an area that was supposed to remain a demilitarized zone according to the Treaty of Versailles. This move was the first of many direct violations of the Treaty of Versailles by Adolf Hitler.

April 1, 1936 (Wednesday) Germany offered a 19-point peace proposal to the other Locarno signatories. Britain assured France and Belgium of British support in the event of war with Germany. The Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak killed at least 44 people over this day and the next.

The population was about 1.6 million in numerous small states. In 1806, the Rhenish princes all joined the Confederation of the Rhine, a puppet of Napoleon. France took direct control of the Rhineland until 1814 and radically and permanently liberalized the government, society and economy.

March 11, 1938 On March 11–13, 1938, German troops invade Austria and incorporate Austria into the German Reich in what is known as the Anschluss.

World War II

The Holocaust took place in the broader context of World War II. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Over the next year, Nazi Germany and its allies conquered much of Europe.

Throughout World War Two, 950,000 Austrians fought for Nazi Germany’s armed forces. Other Austrians participated in the Nazi administration, from death camp personnel to senior Nazi leadership; the majority of the bureaucrats who implemented the Final Solution were Austrian.

In 1943 however, the Allies agreed in the Declaration of Moscow that Austria would instead be regarded as the first victim of Nazi aggression, and treated as a liberated and independent country after the war….Allied-occupied Austria.

Hitler appointed a new Nazi government, and on March 13 the Anschluss was proclaimed. Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II, when the Allied powers declared the Anschluss void and reestablished an independent Austria.

During the course of the war, hundreds of thousands of Austrians fought as German soldiers; a substantial number of Austrians served in the SS, the elite military corps of the Nazi Party. By the end of the war, approximately 250,000 Austrians had been killed or were missing in action.

The city of Vienna in Austria was bombed 52 times during World War II, and 37,000 houses of the city were lost, 20% of the entire city. Only 41 civilian vehicles survived the raids, and more than 3,000 bomb craters were counted.

‘The majority of the Austrian population welcomed Hitler because for them it was a big event, the German chancellor invading Austria and coming here and bringing all those new promises of the Nazis, because Austria at that time was a very poor country. ‘The second reason was a very Austrian one.

Vienna, German Wien, Czech Videň, Hungarian Bécs, city and Bundesland (federal state), the capital of Austria. Of the country’s nine states, Vienna is the smallest in area but the largest in population.

It is famous for its cultural events, imperial sights, coffee houses, cozy wine taverns, and the very special Viennese charm. Vienna’s history dates back to the first post-Christian century when the Romans established the military camp Vindobona.

Vienna is also said to be the “City of Dreams”, because of it being home to the world’s first psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.

Vienna gets snow every year (at least it has since 1953), ranging from 2cm to over 2m of the stuff.