Was appeasement a failure?

• Arguments supporting APPEASEMENT:

  > Many of Hitler’s actions gave people what they wanted. Most people

  supported Anschluss and the remilitarisation of the Rhineland.
• Arguments supporting APPEASEMENT:

  > Many people thought that the Treaty of Versailles was unfair anyway and that Hitler was right to break it.
• Arguments supporting APPEASEMENT:

  > The British were not ready for war. They could not afford it because of the Great Depression and if war was coming, they needed longer to prepare.
• Arguments challenging APPEASEMENT:

  > If Britain and France had strongly opposed Hitler when he tried to

  remilitarise the Rhineland, he could have been stopped before he became powerful.
• Arguments challenging APPEASEMENT:

  > Czechoslovakia was a strong, modern country. If Britain and France had supported them, they might have stopped Hitler.
• Arguments challenging APPEASEMENT:

  > Hitler grew more powerful and confident the more land he took. When he was given land, he just asked for more.