Failure Of Appeasement Research Paper

The outbreak of the second world war was largely due to the failure of the British policy of appeasement. Miscalculations on the part of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the character of Adolf Hitler while setting the British policy was one reason for the failure in deterring the outbreak of the war. Another reason for the failure of the appeasement was the character of Hitler himself the policy would not stop his ambitious plans but just prolong them; the actions taken were only short term fixes for a long term problem. Western Europe had ideals of peace after World War 1 but Germany, Italy, and Japan had ideas of expansion no matter the cost and as a result Western Europe was not militarily prepared for another World War. The
The anti-violent practices followed were not able to stop the outbreak of the Second world war thus showing that violent actions must have been taken to stop Hitler. “Great Britain and France, convinced that Hitler was not bluffing, decided that the only way to avoid a general European War was to accept the principle of self-determination, even for Czechoslovakia”(Snyder, 437). According to Snyder Britain and France knew that there was a very real possibility of war and in sticking to the practices of the appeasement non-violent actions were taken but even then the outbreak of the war had followed, showing that the practices of appeasement by Neville Chamberlain were not effective. This was just one example of how the British policy of appeasement failed to stop the outbreak of World War
This caused an enlarging German military, capable enough for its country to partake in a second world war. When the appeasement was set down, Britain did not analyze what the enlarging military could be used for, and overlooked the possibility of its purpose to be used in a second world war. Partially due to the naive qualities of Chamberlain and his beliefs on another World War. This caused the wrong act in preventing Hitler's ambitions, as the British did not know the intentions of Germany when they were setting them down.

The outbreak of the Second World War was directly due to the failure of the British Policy of appeasement. Through the anti-violent terms of the policy itself, the incorrect judgement call of important individuals when negotiating other agreements such as the Munich agreement, and

the true character of Adolf Hitler did not agree with the British Policy and therefore is why it failed its