Appeasment

Question 1

Appeasement can be defined as

Answer 1

the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise thereby avoiding the resort of an armed conflict in effort to bring peace.

Question 2

Britain pursuers a policy of appeasement due to 5 factors

Scottish AYE NO THATS _ _ _ _ _

Answer 2

International Factors 
Economics 
Society 
Politics 
Hubris 

PISHE

Question 3

International Factors: League of Nations

Answer 3

Y

Question 4

Appeasement was popular for supports of the British empire because

Answer 4

The empires colonies was very reluctant to go to war over Chechoslovakia , and Britain alone couldn’t fight japan and Germany

Question 5

Appeasement was popular in regard to economics because

Answer 5

Expenditure didnt match ambition, with the government reluctant to finance armaments

Britain were also keen to to avoid an arms race

Defence budget was cut from £600 million to £300 and then to £110m in 1922

Ten year rule

Question 6

In order to fight a war Britain would have to finance

Answer 6

New Army Tanks
RAF = modern planes such as spitfires and hurricanes
Navy go new battleships

So treasuries view was that war would equal economic destruction

Question 7

The press were

Answer 7

Pro Appeasment

Question 8

Public Opinion was in favour of appeasement

Answer 8

•Grieving from world war 1 
• Econimally undesirable 
• a rise in religious peace movements in interest Britain 
•Rise in anti war literature 
• Peace ballots 
•Belief that war would be devestating 
Women were less belligerent ?

Question 9

Anti appeasement arguments

Answer 9

Peace movements weren’t large
No evidence women are less belligerent
Peace ballot support collective security
No evidence government followed public opinion
British people were belligerent

Question 10

For appeasement

Answer 10

The moral option (guilt of Versailles)

The financial option

Hatred of Stalin more than Hitler

Question 11

Against

Answer 11

Ambiguous treaties

Hatred of Fascism

Fear of Hitlers aspirations

Question 12

Chamberlain supported Anschluss a

Answer 12

Quicker German demands were placated the quicker peace was ensured

Plebiscite showed 99.7 of Austrians supported it

Was Germany not entitled to its own nationals?

Question 13

Hubris?

Answer 13

Britain had no treaty with Czechoslovakia but France did

Britain wouldn’t help

Chamberlain declared peace for our time

No national interests at stake

Lacked military / was ill equipped

Question 14

Appeasment harder after Munich

Answer 14

Germany invaded Poland , worth British blood?

Chamberlain still reluctant
Everything I’ve worked for crashed into ruins

Sir Robert vanisittart “it is better that the temple should perish than be preserved and turned into a pig sty”

Question 15

Appeasement failed lol why?

Answer 15

Hitler couldn’t be appeased