I will be talking about the Appeasement Policy made in 1938 over the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, the League of Nations and their lack of actions ever since they were set up in 1919 and Hitler’s personality including justifications of his proceedings.

The Appeasement Policy – also the Munich Agreement, was made in 1938 because of Hitler and his demands that the Sudetenland (land formerly belonging to Germany) be returned to Germany, the place Hitler thought it rightfully belonged to. The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, saw Hitler three times to try and avoid war before finally in September, he and France agreed to the join. The Appeasement Policy basically states that Germany was allowed to have the Sudetenland if Hitler promised not to conquer the rest of Czechoslovakia. This shows us that Britain and France were “lambs” to Hitler’s “wolf”-ish demands. By demanding more land, Hitler is demanding more power and in a desperate attempt to keep war at bay, Britain and France just gave over the Sudetenland without too much protest – showing weakness in succumbing to what Hitler wants. What makes them even more “lamb”-like is the fact that they did not ask the Czechs living in the Sudetenland about this arrangement. This would suggest to us that they were cowardly, afraid of the reactions they might receive and that if the Czechs refused this join, Hitler would be angered – an action that would have speeded up the inevitable war.

The League of Nations was formed in 1919 with the mandate of avoiding a repetition of the terrible nightmare – World War I. Although the USA (the most powerful country in the world then) did not join and followed an isolationism policy as they refused to get involved in European politics, President Wilson (USA) wanted the League to be like a world parliament. Everyone could meet together from all over the world and discuss important global matters. Many criticized this kind of thinking and set up but decided they would try it anyway. This already tells us that the League was not very strong in the beginning if people were reluctant to try it and although they did, it was mainly for selfish reasons that contributed nothing to help. An example is Hitler’s march into the Rhineland in 1936. Forbidden, yet Hitler took the risk (showing a bold, “wolf” move) and justified that as the Rhineland was German territory, it therefore should be protected by German troops. The League of Nations displays a blunt weakness here by saying the justification was reasonable but only because they were not prepared to stop him. This tells us they made excuses possibly because they were too afraid to stand up to Hitler, preferring to let him take advantage – showing a weakness in power. Other weaknesses include their laziness and slowness in acting on decisions as meetings that were made between them were sparse, decisions being unanimous.

Hitler was a very forceful and persistent leader. He was also powerful, especially when making impressionable speeches and had many strong beliefs in his personal morals such as the fact that he did not believe in elections, preferring to take things by force when he was fighting to establish the Nazi Party and gain some control over Germany. This kind of attitude that he had would attribute to being a very “wolf”-like characteristic. Hitler’s justifications were very patriotic, mainly orientated around Germany such as the justification that the Sudetenland belongs to Germany seeing as it was mainly inhabited by people who were originally from Germany and that these people wanted to unite with their home country. These justifications were very forward and strong – like a wolf. Also, as these justifications were mainly to do with Germany, it would suffice to say that the League of Nations accepted them as several people thought the Treaty of Versailles was unfairly harsh and people were guilty of the outcome, showing us their “lamb”-like personality.

So in conclusion, I have discussed and given all reasons/evidence as to why I agree with this statement. Yes, on the other hand, you could say that this isn’t true. This is because the Treaty of Versailles, signed by the main powers of Europe had severely buckled Germany to its knees. However, it’s debatable that the treaty was what made Hitler so thirsty for revenge on the rest of Europe, showing to us that he can be like a wolf. The rest of Europe were “lambs” as they allowed Hitler to walk over them in a desperate effort to keep from a second world war arising.