Munich Agreement who was the winner Chamberlain or Hitler
Munich Agreement Assignment
Who won at Munich, Hitler or Chamberlain?
Neville Chamberlain was a realist, he had inherited a policy of appeasement Lord Halifax memoir) from his predecessor Baldwin. His prime motive during his diplomatic meetings with Adolf Hitler was to prevent Britain becoming entangled in a war that she was ill equipped to wage. This he successfully achieved and by defusing a situation through statesmanship he bought valuable time to allow the British forces to re-arm.
On becoming Prime Minister in May 1937, Chamberlain’s government was still recovering from the depression. To add to this the empire was being threatened in the east by Japan, and there were many of her Members intent on the path of self –determination. In Europe he saw the rise of the communist and the socialist parties (supported by USSR) and in Spain he saw the opposition to this from Franco and his rightwing nationalists involved in a protracted civil war. Germany had begun to release herself from the shackles of the treaty of Versailles. In 1935 she openly started re-arming the air force and naval fleet and introduced conscription. In March 1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland (all in contradiction of the treaty). Nothing was done by the League of Nations to enforce the treaty’s directives; therefore Appeasement was apparent at this time. Stanley Baldwin stated Britain lacked the resources and also public opinion would not stand for military force (Taylor ajp p139).It was commonly seen as Germany reclaiming her land (Taylor pm)
In July Hitler agreed to assist General Franco’s quest to topple the legitimate left wing government in Spain, (the Conservative Party at this time feared the rise of communism and was sympathetic to the anti-communist pro right-wing movements). In October and November Germany created alliances with Italy (axis) and Japan (anti comintern). France during this time was in political turmoil, governments were coming and going partly due to the
Who won at Munich, Hitler or Chamberlain?
Neville Chamberlain was a realist, he had inherited a policy of appeasement Lord Halifax memoir) from his predecessor Baldwin. His prime motive during his diplomatic meetings with Adolf Hitler was to prevent Britain becoming entangled in a war that she was ill equipped to wage. This he successfully achieved and by defusing a situation through statesmanship he bought valuable time to allow the British forces to re-arm.
On becoming Prime Minister in May 1937, Chamberlain’s government was still recovering from the depression. To add to this the empire was being threatened in the east by Japan, and there were many of her Members intent on the path of self –determination. In Europe he saw the rise of the communist and the socialist parties (supported by USSR) and in Spain he saw the opposition to this from Franco and his rightwing nationalists involved in a protracted civil war. Germany had begun to release herself from the shackles of the treaty of Versailles. In 1935 she openly started re-arming the air force and naval fleet and introduced conscription. In March 1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland (all in contradiction of the treaty). Nothing was done by the League of Nations to enforce the treaty’s directives; therefore Appeasement was apparent at this time. Stanley Baldwin stated Britain lacked the resources and also public opinion would not stand for military force (Taylor ajp p139).It was commonly seen as Germany reclaiming her land (Taylor pm)
In July Hitler agreed to assist General Franco’s quest to topple the legitimate left wing government in Spain, (the Conservative Party at this time feared the rise of communism and was sympathetic to the anti-communist pro right-wing movements). In October and November Germany created alliances with Italy (axis) and Japan (anti comintern). France during this time was in political turmoil, governments were coming and going partly due to the