Was Appeasement the Right Choice?
After having over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded in the First World War, many countries were not ready to lose any more and thus they had the idea of a collective security, in the 1920’s. This policy did not work out as it required all the countries in the League of Nations to agree on a common policy, which they could not do. As a result of the Collective Security Policy not working, another idea, The Appeasement, was considered. This policy was adopted by the British, in the 1930’s, in belief that the Germans had been treated unfairly in the Treaty of Versailles. This policy was used in the 1930s to try to prevent both Italy and Germany from going to war to achieve their objectives.
The appeasement was not only made to prevent Germany and Italy from going to war, but in fact it had many more reasons for it being created such as economic difficulties, public opinions and concern over the empire. During the 1930’s trade and money was tight, with over 3 million people unemployed, and Chamberlin had to increase the money spent on social welfare, meaning he was unwilling to increase military spending. This put the British into big problems if another war happened. Another factor for making the appeasement was the British Empire being threatened. …show more content…
There is a lot of evidence and information showing us that there were good points to the appeasement such as it was based on traditional perceptions of foreign interests, and a rational assessment of military means and political will. Not only this, appeasement was Chamberlin’s only way to protect Britain from war. Britain had no resources to fight another war, as they lost most of their resources in the First World War, and they agreed to give 35% of their navy to the Germans, and they didn’t even have any allies apart from France, who also were not ready for
After having over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded in the First World War, many countries were not ready to lose any more and thus they had the idea of a collective security, in the 1920’s. This policy did not work out as it required all the countries in the League of Nations to agree on a common policy, which they could not do. As a result of the Collective Security Policy not working, another idea, The Appeasement, was considered. This policy was adopted by the British, in the 1930’s, in belief that the Germans had been treated unfairly in the Treaty of Versailles. This policy was used in the 1930s to try to prevent both Italy and Germany from going to war to achieve their objectives.
The appeasement was not only made to prevent Germany and Italy from going to war, but in fact it had many more reasons for it being created such as economic difficulties, public opinions and concern over the empire. During the 1930’s trade and money was tight, with over 3 million people unemployed, and Chamberlin had to increase the money spent on social welfare, meaning he was unwilling to increase military spending. This put the British into big problems if another war happened. Another factor for making the appeasement was the British Empire being threatened. …show more content…
There is a lot of evidence and information showing us that there were good points to the appeasement such as it was based on traditional perceptions of foreign interests, and a rational assessment of military means and political will. Not only this, appeasement was Chamberlin’s only way to protect Britain from war. Britain had no resources to fight another war, as they lost most of their resources in the First World War, and they agreed to give 35% of their navy to the Germans, and they didn’t even have any allies apart from France, who also were not ready for