History is all about results and outcomes. We are in a very privileged situation. We know what happened. Ando that point of view, we can judge whether chamberlan f thebritish government were right or not in their policy. It didn't require the entire british empire to to fight against the germans - just one portion on it had collapsed from inside. The French would have mobilized behind the magina line with no real capability to actually attack germany? I see desire for this response but i don't think there's any evidence they'd do it. They did not think chegslavaca would be able to withstand assault by the german forces. Even
As the new film, Munich – The Edge of War, hits Netflix screens starring Jeremy Irons as British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain negotiating on the brink of World War Two in 1938, we revisit an archive debate discussing that pivotal moment in history. Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum is joined by a collection of celebrated historians to debate whether Chamberlain did the right thing in an impossible situation or appeased a dictator, leading to the disastrous years of conflict that followed.
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