Germany violated the terms of the treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the military and air force and reinstating the draft. Germany took Rhineland and sent German military forces into Rhineland, a demilitarized region. Britain and France were desperate to avoid war. World leaders decided to appease the aggressor rather than risk a war. Germany was appeased after taking Sudetenland and promised to stop there. Germany violated the Munich agreement and then took all of Czechoslovakia.