HISTORY IGCSE REVISION CARDS - 033. BRITAIN NOT OPPOSING HITLER

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WHY DID BRITAIN NOT ACT TO STOP HITLER
BREAKING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES? (6)
MAIN REASON – Hitler was on his right to break some of
the terms of the treaty because it was too harsh anyway
Many British politicians thought the Treaty of Versailles had
been far too harsh on Germany, and that Hitler was only
addressing genuine grievances when he broke the terms of the
Treaty. When Hitler broke the terms of Versailles by marching
into the Rhineland in 1936, he was not stopped because many
people in Britain believed he had every right to station
German troops there. The Rhineland was, after all, part of
Germany. Same situation for Sudetenland, with many German
nationals living away from their Fatherland.
SECOND REASON – Appeasement and the communist scare
Britain wanted to avoid war and they started their
appeasement policy. Britain and France were not militarily
ready for another war. Britain thought communism was a far
greater threat than Hitler.