Stalin acted for an agreement with natsi germany in the infamous nasisovon aggression pact of the 20 third of august 19 39. He was able to gain massive benefits and advantages from that association, benefits and advantages which he could not possibly have got from britain and france. Churchill morably defined a crocodile as one who feeds on many impromptu remarks. And our final speaker is piers brendon, former keeper of the motion against the motion at church college camillbridge.
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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