When appeasement led to dishonour

The belief that Britain should have stood up to Hitler rather than appeasing him in 1938 was invoked a number of times in the following decades, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

When appeasement led to dishonour

The belief that Britain should have stood up to Hitler rather than appeasing him in 1938 was invoked a number of times in the following decades, writesĀ Geoffrey Roberts.

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain returned from meeting Adolf Hitler in Munich at the end of September 1938 waving the piece of paper which heĀ famously claimed would secure ā€œpeace with honourā€ and ā€œpeace for our timeā€.

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