Friday, January 18, 2008

One Cause of WW2 : Cartoon

Appeasement Policy (Britain and France)

The British and the French, feeling sympathy for Germany, gave Hitler the opportunity to gain more power and more land, to accomplish his policy of Greater Germany. In 1938, Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia, so that it increased the living space for the Germans and to gather all German-speakers together in one union. Hitler ordered the Germans in Czechoslovakia to go against its own government. The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain was afraid that this event would lead up to an outbreak of the war. Later at the Munich conference, they've come up with a solution to give away 70% of Czechoslovakia most industrialized area to Germany. In the cartoon, the British gave Hitler Czechoslovakia, to avoid going to war; the appeasement policy. On the other hand, Hitler gave the world peace. “At last” showed that people were waiting for peace and they finally achieved it. People were happy that the expected war didn’t occur. However soon after the conference, Hitler broke his promises at the conference. While Britain and France tried hard to avoid wars, Germany lied; Hitler sent troops in to invade Czechoslovakia. This is one of the causes that cause World War Two.

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