HIS103Y1 Lecture : 41 HIS103Y Lecture March 14th.docx
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Chamberlain was responsible for the war: though he thought he achieved peace by visiting hitler 3 times and accepting all of hitler"s demands, but he never used the word, appeasement . France: from the versailles treaty, in strategic terms, they knew they were in weaker position, couldn"t make a deal with commie russia (like in the past) since everyone condemned them, had to seek new allies. Purpose: one, clearly to stop the influence of communist russia. To make germany to wage a two front war. Hwv, yugo, poland, and romania had no industry to stand up. Hence, could not threat germany that much as russia did. Poland-the linchpin- signed a separate non-aggression pact for. Yugoslavia and romania relied more on germany and russia economically than france: decided to rely on britain. The british kept telling the french: we are not going to sign the binding treaties over the eastern europe.