Monday, April 26, 2010

Appeasement of Germany

1. World War I was the cause of millions of deaths and many countries were in
debt economically and socially and politically distraught so they wanted to avoid another costly war in both money and lives.
2. He claimed that he was uniting all German speaking people under one united Germany.
3. The area was known as Sudetenland.
4. Czechoslovakia was a powerful new country and had the backing of the Soviet Union.
5. a)They were Britain, Germany, France, and Italy.
b)Czechoslovakia should have been invited because it was their land.
6. At the Munich Conference it was decided that the Sudetenland would go to Germany and other parts of Czechoslovakia would go to Poland and Hungary.
7. People felt giving Hitler the Sudetenland was worth the peace that would come from it because they thought that he would stop his conquest.
8. The Munich Agreement proves that four countries can agree on something without going to war.
9. Churchill believed the Munich Agreement was pointless and essentially giving in to Hitler. It was a loss even though they didn't fight a war and that Hitler was going to continue doing the same thing unless stopped by military means.
10. I think the people of Czechoslovakia felt betrayed because they were not invited to the conference that was all about their land. However, the people of the Sudetenland were German speaking and maybe some agreed with Hitler's ideals. Overall though I think they felt like they were being used.

Bonus Question: I believe after the traumas of World War I that policies of appeasement were justified. People were scared and wanted to avoid another war especially so soon and countries were depressed economically, socially, and politically distressed so war was not something they were prepared for. Even though all the destruction Hitler caused might have been stopped if the appeasement policy was not used, I understand why people would have been scared and want to avoid confrontation.

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