Answer to Question #293007 in History for Kelsey Jand

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THE WORLD WARS: A RISING THREAT

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Question: What is the idea of appeasement? What is the problem in Hitler’s case?

Answer 1

1.Appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war.

2.In September 1938 Hitler turned his attention to three million Germans living in part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland. Sudeten Germans began protests and provoked violence from the Czech police. Hitler claimed that 300 Sudeten Germans had been killed. This was not actually the case, but Hitler used it as an excuse to place German troops along the Czech border.

During this situation, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to meet Hitler at his private mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden in an attempt to resolve the crisis. Use this lesson to explore documents concerning Chamberlain’s original meeting with Hitler and advice given to him at home in Britain.