Britain, France, and Canada were reluctant to stand up to Hitler in 1936-1939 despite his aggression because they were still grieving from their loss from World War One. Many citizens of Canada were still upset over the many who were deceased during the first major battle the Canadians were involved in- WW1. Canada had also spent so much money on WW1, approximately $1,665,576,000 US dollars-the national debt rate soared to 2.5 billion dollars post WW1. Britain, France, and Canada appeased Hitler to prevent the deficit they were still recovering from to increase. After the way the government treated soldiers post WW1 there were few who wanted to enlist in war the second time around, this would've meant conscription. Many opposed to conscription
