Question

Appeasement Hypotheses Hypothesis #1: After reading Documents A and B, create a hypothesis to answer the question: Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938? Cite evidence from the documents to support your answer.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "UK and France were wrong when adopting the appeasement policy because it allowed Hitler to became stronger with no opposition."

The appeasement policy, in the international sphere, consists on making political or material concessions to an aggressive country or organization in order to avoid starting a conflict (war).

European Allied powers (UK and France, the Western democracies), during the 1930s, made territorial concessions to Hitler as, they were still in the aftermath of WWI and they wanted to avoid a new war by all means. After signing the Munich Agreement, also known as Munich Betrayal, in 1938, Hitler managed to obtain the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia with no opposition from the allies. It is significant to mention that France even had a prior alliance with Czechoslovakia and dishonoured it when embracing this agreement.

Of course Hitler was not willing to stop with these annexations and, in the end, the Allied powers had to declare war to Germany in 1939 as he continued with the territorial expansions unilaterally. UK and France were wrong when adopting the appeasement policy because they had allowed Hitler to became stronger with no opposition.

Answer 2

Appeasement was the best idea in 1938 at the time because that was the only idea they had  Pg.265 stanza 4.