Chamberlain could have done far more to provide the sinews of war. He cold shouldered roosevelt, ostracized starlin and snubbed de ladier. The national government's first great act of appeasement took place in response to musselini's rape of eth Ethiopia. Despite such evidence of natsy, barbarity and belligerence, chamberlain neglected potential allies. In his eagerness to mollify hitler,. chamberlain confirmed musselini’s view that a decadent britoin wasa by political eunuchs. But chamberlain ardently wooed musselini, whereas churchill agreed with ggerring
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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