Asked by xochitl

Why did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement when meeting with Hitler at the Munich Conference?

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They knew he had an agreement with the Soviet Union over Poland.


They were led to believe he wouldn’t try to take any more territory in Europe.


They assumed the United States would support a decision to go to war.


They thought it would give them enough time to prepare for war.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They were led to believe he wouldn’t try to take any more territory in Europe.

Chamberlain and other leaders accepted Hitler’s assurances (and wanted to avoid another war), so they agreed to cede the Sudetenland in the hope it would satisfy his demands.