After munich, no full blooded rearmament programme was initiated in britain. Chamberlain's reluctant ponse was to guarantee the independence of hitler's next major target, poland,. Yet this did not mark the end of appeasement. It was a further attempt to contain and deter germany - not a preparation for war, but a construction of a peace front. Succumbing to his own illusions, he was convinced that the democracies would leave the poles in the lurch. Hitler should have been confronted earlier. Chamberlain's tragically mistaken policy made his premiership the darkest our before our finest our. I beg to oppose the motion.