The Failure of Appeasement: Chamberlain’s Last Gamble to Prevent World War II
In 1937, the Spanish Civil War was reaching its bloody climax, with fascist General Francisco Franco gaining the upper hand against the democratically-elected government. Meanwhile, in Europe, tensions were rising as Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany began to flex its military might and expand its borders. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, saw the situation as…