1. Since Munich analogies are being used everywhere, let's remember a few hard truths that never get discussed about appeasement.
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9. There was also a strategic logic to appeasement. Unwilling to make a deal with USSR, UK needed time to build up army & air force.
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10. Nazi Germany's utility as anti-Communist bulwark ended with Hitler/Stalin pact, where two dictators outwitted Chamberlain.
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@HeerJeet So what ultimately compelled the British to abandon these incentives to stay out of it? -
@ivortossell Well, after Munich it was clear Hitler wasn't content to be simple bulwark but had wider continental ambitions.
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