Question

The Munich Agreement was a desperate act of appeasement at the cost of the Czechoslovak state, performed by Chamberlain and French premier, Daladier, in the vain hope that it would satisfy Hitler's stormy ambition, and thus secure for Europe a peaceful future. We know today that it was unnecessary ... because the Czech defenses were very strong ... and because the German generals, conscious of Germany's relative weakness at that moment, were actually prepared to attempt to remove Hitler . .. had he continued to move toward war. Would this be used for an argument to support or disprove and idea of appeasement?

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Answer: This passage presents an argument against the idea of appeasement. It suggests that the Munich Agreement was a desperate attempt to appease Hitler's ambitions, even though it was unnecessary because Czechoslovakia had strong defenses and the German generals were prepared to remove Hitler if he continued to move towards war. This argument implies that appeasement was a mistake that allowed Hitler to continue his aggressive expansionist policies, leading eventually to the outbreak of World War II.