Was appeasement the same in 1936 as 1938?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:38:47
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 1 pages (403 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 1 pages (403 words)
Although relationships between nations were very intense in 1936, it was still relatively peaceful if it is to compare with 1938. The year prior to 1936, was when the Abyssinia crisis take place and the Anglo-German Naval Treaty - which allowed Hitler to build up his Navy. In March 1936, Hitler took a big 'risk' to remilitarise the Rhineland and the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
Although Britain saw Hitler marching his forces into the Rhineland, the British …
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…in 1936 was simply to let Hitler to get what Treaty of Versailles had taken away from Germany, and Britain was too 'busy' to interfere.
In 1938, however, Britain could see that Hitler was going for more than what he 'lost' from the Treaty of Versailles. As the British and French armies were not read, the policy appeasement changed. At that time, appeasement was adapted because both France and Britain desperately needed time to prepare for war.
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