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I know Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty. I know HOW he did it. What i don't know is WHY no country held him accountable for it/ stopped him?
England? USA? France? Any of the hundreds of countries who knew what was going on!! What were their reasons for not doing anything?
VERY simply,
no one stopped him because they didn't want a war - it was called appeasement. They thought by 'appeasing' Hitler, they would stop him starting another war, because the first had been so terrible. Appeasement literally meant avoiding war at all costs, even if it meant letting Hitler have what he wanted. Later, they held the Munich Conference where they told Hitler to stop invading countries - he agreed, and shortly after took Czechoslovakia for his own. At this point they were forced to act and later on they declared war on Germany (that is Britain and Co.)
Appeasement was Neville Chamberlain's the current prime minister's of the times policy and was put in place because they thought war with Germany should be the last possible option. However, it is admitted they let Germany go too far. Had the League Of nations Been efficient, they could have effectively stopped them through peaceful methods but many wars beforehand like the Manchurian Crisis and the Abyssinian War had made the League ineffectual.
Anyways, appeasement didn't go down too well after the war started. People thought it had been pointless. Chamberlain resigned soon afetr and made way for Churchill.
Hope it helps :)
(Rating: 5) Ooooh I see :) thanks I get it now! Have a gooood valentinesday!!