HW 26

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B1. Germany and Russia agreed not to fight with each other over Poland. Germany would take the western part of the country, while Russia would get the eastern part.
B2. This may have been surprising because Hitler had claimed that he would not invade any other countries after Czechoslovakia.

1. Appeasement refers to Britain and France trying to avoid violent conflict with Italy, Germany and Japan by not resisting their actions and demands.
2. This may have been justified for a number of reasons. Firstly, they thought that war would only become more devastating after World War I. It was also thought that Germany could work with the rest of Europe both economically and against communism, which was threatening to spread from Russia. In addition to this, some people thought that Germany's grievances with the Treaty of Versailles were understandable.
3. Appeasement does not seem to have caused World War II, but it almost encouraged it when Britain and France may have been able to easily stop Germany from becoming a threat by taking a firm stance on the issues facing Europe. For example, Hitler admitted at one point that if there was any resistance from France when he remilitarized the Rhineland he would have been forced to give up. However, there was little resistance to Hitler's actions, allowing him to become a powerful figure in Europe and setting up World War II.
4. Hitler used propaganda in order to make it seem as if Germany was justified in invading Czechoslovakia. The propaganda campaign was based around the idea that Germans in Czechoslovakia were being discriminated against by the government. While it may have been true that Germans were living under difficult conditions, Nazi propaganda exaggerated this fact dramatically.