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appeasement A diplomatic policy, that was created to

avoid wars,to prevent conflicts, to be in


peace

public opinion The public opinion was that they didn't want
any more wars, they wanted to be in peace.

The demands of the dictators They wanted to claim their part of the treat.

the lack of alternative policy Because of the war there were not any
other alternative policies to follow.

economic pressure Great Britain had a very bad economy,


because of the war, that is why Britain
wanted all of the countries to follow the
appeasement.

global commitments Britain has to support the rest of the world,


this means that Great Britain must be more
global than European.

defence priorities Britain defended their allies, the empire, the


trade routes for supply of food and raw
materials.

Impact of Chamberlain The cause of the ww1 made that


Chamberlain instead of confrontation
applied appeasement, Chamberlain point of
view had a big impact, he objected to solve
international problems using negotiation
and diplomatic strategies.

Wiston churchill

Anthony Eden

Duff Cooper

David Lows

It faced huge debts after the First World War

The huge loss of life, and the resultant trauma to French society,

France had been invaded twice by Germany

The French wanted to prevent a resurgent Germany at all costs.


the frequent changes of government and ideological conflicts in France in the 1930s

meant that it was unable to take any action against Germany

Reasons why France at first did not want to agree with the appeasement, but they

must support the policy because they were not too strong.

They wanted to have a rematch with Germany, they had a hatred towards Germany

for everything they had done to France.

huge loss of lifes, the French society had a trauma of everything that Germany did.

France did not want to sign but had to do so because they already had an

agreement with Great Britain and it was that they had to protect themselves, they

had made a deal called ¨tittle entente¨ with other countries and the appeasement

was for that, to be in peace and no more wars.

How was the international response to aggression in the 1930s affected by the

weaknesses of the League of Nations?

The League of Nations was created to preserve peace, but it has too many issues

which did not help to accomplish its objectives.

For example, powerful countries such as the USA and USSR were not part of the

League of Nations.

- The most important organ of the League of Nations was the council, it was

controlled by Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, which did not have power.

- Germany joined the league of nations in 1926 and the soviet union in 1934,

even though these two countries joined the league, it was inefficient.

- It was difficult to stop the aggression of Hitler and Mussolini.


What was the impact of US foreign policy on the international response to the

expansionist powers?

American isolationism helped the isolation in Europe. If The two great Powers were

involved in European affairs problems could be solved, but this was not a policy it

was what they wanted The US Congress stated that the country must be out of

participation in international affairs, impossible to give them supplies, Roosevelt must

help just with moral advice.

What was the impact of Soviet foreign policy on the international response to

the expansionist powers?

Western concern and fear for the Soviet Union greatly affected their response

to Italian and German aggression. They had rejected diplomatic and

economic ties with the Bolshevik government.

The USSR was not included in the peace talks of But Lenin called for the

League of Nations at its founding.

The League of Nations, at its founding, called them a band of thieves. Britain

remained particularly concerned about the potential threat of communism

of the potential threat of communism and, after the Red scare.

Although the intention to create the Popular Front against Fascism failed due

to the

by the appeasement policy of Great Britain and France.

The Soviet Union was well aware that during the Spanish Civil War Britain, in

particular, placed more emphasis on communism than on fascism, and finally

in 1938 the Soviet Union desisted from working with the British and French to
put limits on the fascist aggressors Stalin was not invited to the Munich

Conference.

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