2. The major motivating factor behind appeasement was 1) anti-communism and 2) desire to hold on to British Empire.
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@HeerJeet Reading Kershaw's Hitler bio brought another fact to the fore: most gov'ts were horrified by the prospect of another war followingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet the slaughter of the Great War. Minor colonial conflicts, sure, whatever, but another continental battle against Germany?+Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Understandably, no one had the stomach for it. Except Hitler, of course, who care no more about the lives of Germans than anyoneThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet else's. Made him impossible to out-bargain. The cartoon version of Chamberlain as a myopic wimp is deliberately misleading. -
@theseantcollins Yes, Hitler's unconcern for lives of his people made him radical actor in way normal statecraft can't handle
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@HeerJeet As is so much of what we're taught about WWII in the USA—our downplaying of the Soviets' role in defeating the Nazis f'rex.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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