Why didn’t other countries do more to stop Hitler?

• Britain (Neville Chamberlain):

  Poland:

  > Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Poland in 1934, which satisfied British politicians.
• Britain (Neville Chamberlain):

  > Many British politicians remembered the horrors of WW1, and so followed a policy of appeasement. Appeasement emboldened Hitler and enabled him to gradually retake the lands that he wanted to unite the Volksdeutsche.
• Britain (Neville Chamberlain):

  > Public opinion of the ToV had changed in Britain. Many thought it was too harsh, especially the clause that German speakers were no longer part of Germany.
• France (Edouard Daladier):

  The Depression:

  > Unemployment peaked at 5% in France. People resisted against the Government and so Daladier was concerned with his own nation rather than Germany.
• The USSR (Joseph Stalin):

  Communism:

  > Communism was very different to capitalist Europe. As it was a new political system it was treated with hostility. Stalin was wary of Hitler as he vowed to destroy Communism, but was also wary of the USA, Britain and France.
• The USSR (Joseph Stalin):

  Joining the League of Nations:

  > Relations improved after the USSR joined the LoN. The USSR also signed a treaty of mutual assistance with France in 1935, with the aim of stopping Hitler.
• The USA (Roosevelt):

  Isolationism:

  > The USA followed this policy in the 1930s.
• The USA (Roosevelt):

  Attempts to deal with Hitler:

  > Tried to get Hitler to promise to stop invading countries in 1938, but Hitler ignored him.