Failure of Appeasement
Appeasement meant agreeing to the demands of another nation in order to avoid conflict.During the 1930s, politicians in Britain and France began to believe that the Treaty of Versailles
was unfair to Germany and that Hitler's actions were understandable and justifiable.In the Agreement, Britain and France allowed
Germany to annex areas in Czechoslovakia where German-speakers lived.Then, on September 1, 1939, German troops
invaded Poland.An example of appeasement was the
Munich Agreement of September 1938.Germany
agreed not to invade the rest of Czechoslovakia or any other country.In March 1939,
Germany broke its promise and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.Britain and France immediately declared war on Germany.