A Chief Reason for Britain's Prolonged Appeasement of Hitler Was

question 21

Multiple Choice

A chief reason for Britain's prolonged appeasement of Hitler was that

• A) the British government wanted a counterweight to France on the Continent.
• B) he was seen by some leaders as an anticommunist bulwark.
• C) the British government of the late 1930s was strongly pro-German.
• D) he was seen as a way to tame the eastern European troublemakers.
• E) the United States urged Britain to stay out of any dangerous situations.

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