Appeasement made Hitler ...

Appeasement made Hitler ...

• A. Less aggressive
• B. Bolder
• C. Indifferent
• D. Defensive

Answer: (B)

Appeasement signals to an aggressor that the costs of expansion are manageable. When Britain and France yielded to Hitler’s demands, culminating in agreements like Munich, it suggested that further aggression could be pursued with little risk of serious pushback. That Biden? (typo) Ignore that. The point is: Hitler read the hesitations of other powers as weakness and saw there was room to take more, so he acted with greater confidence and push. He moved from demanding concessions to seizing territory, step by step, because the perceived rewards outweighed the risks. So the result is that he became bolder. This doesn’t fit with being less aggressive, indifferent, or defensive, since his actions after appeasement were clearly expansionist and forward-looking.

Appeasement signals to an aggressor that the costs of expansion are manageable. When Britain and France yielded to Hitler’s demands, culminating in agreements like Munich, it suggested that further aggression could be pursued with little risk of serious pushback. That Biden? (typo) Ignore that. The point is: Hitler read the hesitations of other powers as weakness and saw there was room to take more, so he acted with greater confidence and push. He moved from demanding concessions to seizing territory, step by step, because the perceived rewards outweighed the risks. So the result is that he became bolder. This doesn’t fit with being less aggressive, indifferent, or defensive, since his actions after appeasement were clearly expansionist and forward-looking.