Question

question 7 of 10
why was appeasement an ineffective strategy for dealing with german expansion before world war ii?
a. german leaders would not settle for controlling only parts of the territories they wanted.
b. there were large groups of ethnic germans in many different states across europe.
c. the soviet union undermined the policy by continuing to oppose german expansion.
d. great britain and france lacked the military resources to enforce the strategy.

Explanation:

Appeasement aimed to give Hitler some of what he wanted to avoid war. But Hitler had aggressive expansionist goals (like Lebensraum - living space for Germans). He wasn't satisfied with partial gains. For example, after getting Sudetenland (through appeasement in the Munich Agreement), he continued to expand. Option B about ethnic Germans was used as a pretext for expansion but not the reason appeasement failed. The Soviet Union initially had a non - aggression pact with Germany (Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact), so C is wrong. Britain and France had military resources but chose appeasement, so D is incorrect.

Answer:

A. German leaders would not settle for controlling only parts of the territories they wanted.