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Created by cheryljohnson
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Reasons for
Appeasement
1925-1937
- Public opinion
- King vs Country
debate 1933
- Peace ballot 1933
- People vote in favour of international armed
resistance against an aggressor
- People vote in favour of international armed
resistance against an aggressor
- Anti war literature
popularity
- King vs Country
debate 1933
- WWI
- Public dislike of war
due to past horrors
- Links to anti-war feelings
- Links to anti-war feelings
- Debt owed to those who died
- The war costed a lot
economically and caused
domestic issues which took
priority over armaments
- Public dislike of war
due to past horrors
- League of Nations
- Widespread faith in LoN
- Better means of keeping peace
- Better means of keeping peace
- Over 400,000
members/supporters
- Required backing of all major world
powers to stay in control
- By 1937 only Br, Fr and the Soviet Union
remained as active major powers in the LoN
- By 1937 only Br, Fr and the Soviet Union
remained as active major powers in the LoN
- Widespread faith in LoN
- Sympathy for Germany
- Belief Germany was
treated too harshly
- Idea that the extremely high reparations would
cause economic chaos
- When this came to fruition people
backed lowering reparations
- Dawes and Young plan
- Dawes and Young plan
- Destabilise world Trade
- When this came to fruition people
backed lowering reparations
- Belief Germany was
treated too harshly
- Soviet Union
- Br and Fr distrust
- Had seen what Stalin had been doing
(purges)
- Caused fear
- Caused fear
- Had seen what Stalin had been doing
(purges)
- Communism viewed as
a higher threat than
Facism
- Strong anti-communist
Germany would help stop
the spread of communism
- Strong anti-communist
Germany would help stop
the spread of communism
- Br and Fr distrust
- Imperial dimension
- Had to consider the self governing colonies
- Most opposed giving Br military support in the event of WW2
- 1935
Government of
India act
- Most opposed giving Br military support in the event of WW2
- Had to consider the self governing colonies
- National Defence
- Air force had few
fighter and bomber
planes and air defence
was inadequate
- Army
- Poorly equipped
- Could not offer much help
against Germany aggression
- 1919 Savage cuts
- 5.5 million - 400,000
- 5.5 million - 400,000
- 30% of govt
spending - 10%
by 1937
- 10 year rule states Br
will not go to war for 10
years to money on Army
is spent as such
- Poorly equipped
- Navy
- Tied with
USA for
strongest in
the inter-war
period
- Overstretched
- Not possible to keep supremacy
in the North Sea, Mediterranean
and the Pacific
- Could not protect
empire and trade
- Not possible to keep supremacy
in the North Sea, Mediterranean
and the Pacific
- Outdated due to
naval treaties in
1922 and 1930
- Tied with
USA for
strongest in
the inter-war
period
- Air force had few
fighter and bomber
planes and air defence
was inadequate
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