British Policy, Great Britain and Second World War
The policy of appeasement pursued by Great Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of World War Two is among the most controversial events studied by historians. Assessments of the policy of appeasement offered by historians include those who criticize the actions of the British state under the leadership of Neville Chamberlain for failing to prevent the spread of Nazism during the period before another world war became inevitable. In particular,
this portrays him as a silly leader for preferring undertaking negotiations to confrontation (Baumann 2013, 1). The evidence revealing in the Chamberlain-era records demonstrate narrowed alternatives that invite a sympathetic appreciation of the actions of the prime minister. Initial examination of the British appeasement policy reveals commitment assumed by Chamberlain to utilize rationalism as a practical solution to foreign policy. The prime minister on belief of reports furnished by the military chiefs agreed that the country was insufficiently prepared to exert military action against the European dictators. For instance, he held that both Hitler and Mussolini equally demonstrated rational statesmanship and deserved similar treatment.
For this reason, appeasing them through rational discussion would resolve their discontents and get the Europe continent resettled on a new peace platform (Clark 1954, 416). Unlike the call from members of the foreign office to hit Hitler on the head, Chamberlain discredited this policy through his asset of sharp rationalism. It yields a debate questioning his rational calculations by citing the character of Germany, which ceased democratic governance after Hitler became its chancellor in1933 (Clark 1954, 418).
[...] The destruction of the Great Britain position both at domestic and foreign levels were devastated greatly by multiple attacks during the First World War. In view of this, not a single sensible individual would want another in the apprehension of the Germany's military power and economic competitiveness. This influenced Chamberlain to believe that meeting Germany just grievances posed the most sensible alternative of taming her, certainly more sensible than initiating a great war. His appeasement policy in practice implied endorsing the claims placed by 4 the stronger and crafting them out as if they were just (Clark 1954, 408). [...]
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[...] British Policy of Appeasement: Great Britain and the Second World War 2 Introduction The policy of appeasement pursued by Great Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of World War Two is among the most controversial events studied by historians. Assessments of the policy of appeasement offered by historians include those who criticize the actions of the British state under the leadership of Neville Chamberlain for failing to prevent the spread of Nazism during the period before another world war became inevitable. [...]
[...] The examination of the military power between Germany and Britain reveals the latter lagged in the armament process. Historians agree that Britain faced ill-equipped divisions as it embraced a limited rearmament program until 1934. This suggests that the state of the army in 1938 was insufficiently prepared for a continental warfare. Although the initiation of the naval rearmament in 1936 generated a reprieve for the Britain, the Luftwaffe had doubled their size. This claim supported by the military advisers factored into Chamberlain calculations that direct negotiations provided a foundation to delay the outbreak of a continental war (Baumann 2013, 3). [...]
[...] The latter owes from the misconception of the extraordinary events where direct negotiations turned as empty talks. Unlike those reading from such an epitaph, the Chamberlain policy of appeasement reflects a leader seeking a peaceful alternative to the furthest yield Bibliography Baumann, Nick. Neville Chamberlain Was Right. September http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/09/neville_chamberlain _was_right_to_cede_czechoslovakia_to_adolf_hitler_seventy.2.html (accessed July 25, 2014). Clark, George Norman. The Oxford History of England. Vol Madison: Clarendon Press Pelling, H. (1970). Britain and the Second World War. London: Collins. International Committee for the History of the Second World War., & International Congress of Historical Sciences. [...]
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