Hitler’s Demands and European Appeasement

1. Hitler’s Demands and European Appeasement By:Koby V

2. What is Appeasement? • Appeasement is accepting demands in order to avoid conflict • It’s a policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace

3. How did appeasement start? • Appeasement started in Europe • At the Munich Conference on September29,1938 when Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands

4. How did giving into Hitler’s demands effected other countries? • There was much controversy about giving into Hitler’s demands many people were worried seeing what will happen in the future • Countries all over the world were in panic • Britain after started to rearm its army as fast as they can after the Munich Conference

5. Why did they give into Hitler’s demand? • The countries at the Munich Conference thought Hitler didn’t demand a lot of things • They thought giving into Hitler’s demands would quench his thirst to conquer other countries. • The people at the conference thought they had avoided war by giving into the demands

6. Why did the Europeans allow appeasement to happen? • They allowed it to happen because they weren’t ready for war and they thought they could avoid war • Britain’s army wasn’t ready for war • Chamberlain said “a peace with honor… peace in our time” • Chamberlain also started to rearm his army.

7. Who where the countries responsible for giving into Hitler’s demands? • The two main countries responsible for giving into Hitler’s demands were Britain and France

8. What were Hitler’s demands? • Hitler’s demands were he wanted to Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia • The German word “Lebensraum” means living space Hitler wanted all of Europe for himself • He wanted the Germans to be the superior race

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