Explain why the policy of appeasement helped Hitler to carry out his aims in foreign policy in the period 1936-1939

Encouraging Hitler to be aggressive lead to the growth of Germany, up to the point where Britain and France would not have military advantage over Germany if they needed to take action. Germany’s demands were not only to recover the ground they had lost in the Treaty of Versailles, but appeasement was also allowing Germany to remilitarise and have a stronger army, and this is shown by many of Hitler’s policies such as rebuilding the Luftwaffe air force, which was against the Treaty of Versailles. The policy of appeasement lead to Britain and France being weak compared to Germany, and because Germany was growing into a stronger nation this helped Hitler carry out his foreign policy as Germany’s influence grew.  

As appeasement allowed Germany to grow stronger, it also lead to supporters of appeasement having to put trust in Germany, as appeasement was only based on agreements in order to stop Germany from taking more extreme actions. Having to put trust in Hitler’s promises made Hitler in charge and allowed him to do whatever he wanted, and the policy of appeasement often showed that countries were more willing to let Hitler get away with his actions rather than retaliating. This is shown by the fact that Hitler often went back on many of his promises which we agreed on due to the policy of appeasement.

The policy of appeasement allowed Hitler to expand German territory, and make bigger demands due to the fact that appeasement allowed the growth of Germany, increasing its significance after WWI. Appeasement meant that Hitler was able to gamble on his actions and encouraged him to demand more. However the most important reason for appeasement allowing Hitler to carry out his actions was that it encouraged Hitler to take bigger risks, and often gain what he wanted.