Final Acts Of Appeasement
Notes
- Anchluss
- Versailles forbade a unification of Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss affair (Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor)
- 1938 Hitler called on new Chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of Austria Nazi party Seyss-Inquart becomes new Chancellor
- March 1938 German troops roll into Austria
- “Plebiscite” is held -99.75% vote in favour of unification
- The Sudentenland
- Ethnic German area of Czechoslovakia where 3.5 mil. Germans lived.
- Br. P.M. Neville Chamberlain wants Czech leader, Benes to give up the Sudentenland
- Hopes to prevent war
- Hitler threatens to occupy
- The Munich Agreement:
- Mussolini steps in with a four power conference in Munich
- Benes resigns in favour of Emil Hacha who agrees to the annexation
- Neville Chamberlain proclaims “Peace in our Time”
- Hitler still recognized Slovak state - moved in German troops to “protect” it
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939 –gives up Czech independence
Summary
Some of the final acts of appeasement led the world to the Second World War. The first is when Germany and Austria unify, which is forbidden by the treaty of Versailles. Secondly, the Germans begin to invade neighbouring countries such as Austria and Czechoslovakia. This is hen followed by a longer process of Hitler just completely taking over these countries an adding them to his land mass. The final straw which directly led to WWII, was when Germany decided to invade Poland, which was the final thing that set the world off.
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Why do you think people let Germany capture so many of these countries?
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Trickling water, if not stopped, will become a mighty river.
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