The Origin of Appeasement

The History of Current Events

From Putin's Russia to fundamentalist Iran, appeasement is a word often used disparagingly in the media to describe an unconfrontational, cowardly way of avoiding international bullies. Appeasement became famous before World War II when the Western allies Britian and France did everything possible to avoid a second great war with Nazi Germany. This is the story of Arthur Neville Chamberlain and his attempt to bring peace at any cost.
Topics Covered

The Great War
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Anschluss with Austria
Czechoslovakia
The Sudetenland
Nuremberg Rally
Adolf Hitler
The Start of World War II

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