When?
Which policy of appeasement?
How did the policy of appeasement affect France and Great Britain?
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The policy of appeasement preceding World War II, in 1938.
The one in which France and Great Britain agreed to Hitler's demands.
France and England hoped that Hitler would be satisfied with annexing Austria and conquering Czechoslovakia. Although they were suspicious, they hoped that Germany would not try to conquer them if it succeeded in his initial conquest.
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