Hitler and the Appeasement Policy of the 1930s

Appeasement Policy was a foreign policy that was adapted by Britain and

France in the 1930’s towards Germany. Britain and France let Hitler have

whatever they considered necessary to preserve peace in Europe, as they

merely wanted to focus on domestic issues, such as economy and

unemployment . They believed that Hitler had certain aims and that once he had

achieved these, he would be satisfied. So they allowed him to re-arm, invade the

Rhineland (1936), and complete the Anschluss of Austria (1938) followed by the

Sudetenland. Appeasement assumed Hitler would keep his side of the bargain,

however it did not. Adolf Hitler proves that he is ruthless, a risk taker, and

anti-Semitist throughout the Policy of Appeasement.

The Policy first started out in 1935 when Britain signed a naval agreement

with Hitler, which allowed him to increase his Navy by thirty – five percent than

that of Britain’s Navy. Following in 1936, when Hitler sent out troops to the

demilitarized zone – Rhineland, in-turn this intentionally violated the terms ...