State the significance of the Policy of Appeasement

State the significance of the Policy of Appeasement as a cause for the Second World War

Answer

1. Appeasement meant accepting the hostile demands of an aggressive nation to gain peace.
2. Britain and France followed the policy of appeasement towards dictatorial countries like Germany and Italy because they felt that the dictators had a real cause of grievance due to the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
3. Hitler sees it as a great sign of weakness of the Allied powers and begins his plan to attack that unleashes the Second World War. The compromise was a sign of great weakness.

• Exam Year: 2017