Hitler came to power in Germany in ____ when he was appointed chancellor of Germany. He did not like the Treaty of ____ as he felt many of the terms were unfair and had ____ Germany. This also reflected the views that many Germans had. Hitler aimed to regain some of the power they had lost and started to ____ the terms of the Treaty. Between 1933 and 1936, he began the ____ of the German army. He began increasing the size of the ____, re-established the German Luftwaffe (air force), increased the size of their navy, increased the ____ of weapons and ammunition, and reintroduced ____ in Germany. Many of these actions were initially done in secret. However, in March 1935, when Hitler finally announced to the world his plans of rearmament, Britain, France, Italy, and the League of Nations all issued statements ____ Hitler’s decision, but did nothing else to stop them. Hitler also aimed to take back ____ of the regions that Germany lost under the terms of the Treaty. In March 1936 Hitler sent German troops into the ____, which had been made into a ____ zone. Britain and France did ____. In March 1938, Hitler then ____ Austria, which is known as Anschluss. Once again, Britain and France tolerated this and did nothing. Hitler then demanded that the ____ region of Czechoslovakia be returned to Germany, and claimed it would be Germany’s final demand for territory. On 29 September 1938, Britain, France, Italy and Germany signed the ____, which made the Czech government ____ the Sudetenland to Germany. However, in March 1939, Germany broke the agreement and occupied the rest of Czech lands. Realising the ____ of appeasement had failed, France and Britain then agreed to support Poland against Nazi aggression. While they had wanted to maintain peace, they realised they had to accept the inevitability of war. When Hitler invaded Poland on ____, World War 2 officially began. The actions taken by Britain and France (and other nations) of ____ Hitler’s violations during this whole period is known as a policy of appeasement. It essentially means to ____ to the demands of a hostile and aggressive nation in order to maintain peace. Britain and France did not challenge Hitler because they believed that giving in to Hitler’s demands would ____ another war. In addition, neither France nor Britain were militarily ready for war due to the effects of World War 1. They also couldn’t ____ to go to war as the economies of both countries were affected by the Great Depression. Many people also believed that the Treaty of Versailles was too ____ on Germany and some believed that Hitler’s actions were ____. In addition, in the 1930s, Britain saw its principal threat as ____ rather than fascism, and believed Hitler would act as a ‘buffer’ against communism. Hitler had also promised he would not begin a new war and they believed Hitler might have stopped after getting Austria and the Sudetenland. However, not everyone ____ with the policy of appeasement. Many attacked Neville Chamberlain’s (the Prime Minister of Britain who signed the Munich Agreement) blindness. Winston Churchill, who took over from Chamberlain as Prime Minister in 1940, was one of the strongest ____ of the policy and believed in a firm stand against Germany.

Appeasement: A Summary

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