Appeasement has been drastically criticised since it ended in a "humiliating failure" when Germany attacked Poland in 1939 (McDonough, 2002). ... This appraisal consequently asserts that the Munich agreement allowed Hitler the time he needed and that, owing to Chamberlain's cowardliness, Hitler became more powerful and succeed to achieve some of his previously defined aims - such as attacking Poland. ... Taylor (1963) argues that a securement of an Anglo-Soviet agreement as well as a coercion of Poland to meet Hitler's requirements could have been beneficial.  ... The the...

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Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. ... The rise and fall of civilizations was due to their success or failure in maintaining racial purity. ... By the sheer exertion of his will and the response it elicited inside Germany, Hitler was able to impress his ideas on events rather than allow events and realities to reshape his ideas. ... As early as that speech given on 13 November 1919, little more than a year since the c...

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