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    Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936 despite knowing his forces were too weak to resist even moderate opposition from France. In 1938, Hitler told his generals he would only take action against Czechoslovakia if France did not intervene and Britain remained neutral. British Prime Minister Chamberlain was advised by his generals to delay war with Germany for 6-12 months as time was on Britain's side. However, Hitler saw conciliation and discussion as signs of weakness and believed he could achieve his goals through intimidation rather than cooperation.

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    Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936 despite knowing his forces were too weak to resist even moderate opposition from France. In 1938, Hitler told his generals he would only take action against Czechoslovakia if France did not intervene and Britain remained neutral. British Prime Minister Chamberlain was advised by his generals to delay war with Germany for 6-12 months as time was on Britain's side. However, Hitler saw conciliation and discussion as signs of weakness and believed he could achieve his goals through intimidation rather than cooperation.

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    Troops Into The Rhineland in 1936. Hitler On 30 May 1938

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    Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936 despite knowing his forces were too weak to resist even moderate opposition from France. In 1938, Hitler told his generals he would only take action against Czechoslovakia if France did not intervene and Britain remained neutral. British Prime Minister Chamberlain was advised by his generals to delay war with Germany for 6-12 months as time was on Britain's side. However, Hitler saw conciliation and discussion as signs of weakness and believed he could achieve his goals through intimidation rather than cooperation.

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    Source A: Hitler’s comment after sending Source B: From a speech given by

    troops into the Rhineland in 1936. Hitler on 30 May 1938.

    “The 48 hours after the march into the “I shall only decide to take action against
    Rhineland were the most nerve-racking of Czechoslovakia if I am convinced that
    my life. If the French had opposed us then France will not march and that Britain
    we would have had to withdraw. Our forces will not intervene in the situation.”
    were not strong enough to even put up
    with moderate resistance.”

    Source D: Results from public opinion polls


    in Canada in 1938.

    March 1938: Should Britain promise to help


    Czechoslovakia if Germany invades?
    Yes: 33% No: 43% Undecided: 24%
    Source C: Advice given to the British Prime October 1938: Hitler says that he has no
    Minster, Chamberlain, by his Army generals more territorial ambitions in Europe. Do you
    in 1938. believe him?
    “From the military point of view, time is in our Yes: 7% No: 93%
    favour. If war with Germany has to come, it
    would be better to fight in six to twelve
    months time, instead of at this moment.”

    Source E: From a speech given by


    Chamberlain in 1938. Source F: Comments given by Mackenzie
    King after a meeting with Hitler.
    “When I think of those four terrible years
    [WWI], and I think of the 7 million young men “Hitler seemed to be a man of deep
    who were killed, the 13 million who were sincerity and a genuine patriot. Hitler was
    wounded, I feel it was my duty to strain every a simple sort of peasant, not very
    nerve to avoid a repetition of the First World intelligent and no serious danger to
    War." anyone.”
    Source G: From W. Robson, “Twentieth-Century
    History”, 1973.

    There had been nothing weak or foolish about the


    attitude of the Western leaders. They tried to settle
    differences by discussion and conciliation, methods
    that had been highly successful in the 1920s. Their
    failure was due to the fact that Hitler took consolation
    for weakness and found that he could get his own
    way. He could have been stopped earlier but only at
    the risk of war. Discussion was the method of
    gentlemen, which explains why Chamberlain and the
    Western leaders favoured it and Hitler did not

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