Transcript Hitler’s demands and European Appeasement

Hitler’s Demands and
European Appeasement
By:Koby V
What is Appeasement?
• Appeasement is accepting demands in
order to avoid conflict
• It’s a policy of giving concessions in
exchange for peace
How did appeasement start?
• Appeasement started in Europe
• At the Munich Conference on
September29,1938 when Britain and
France agreed to Hitler’s demands
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
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
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.
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
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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