(January 30, 2013 at 9:06 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: The failure on the British side can be simply outlined under the name Chamberline, the then Britsh primeminister who thought one can "negotiate" with nazi Germany, which was completly idiotic, Churchill never wanted to give up Czechoslovakia.
Appeasement wasn't completely idiotic; most of the political leaders of the late 30's remembered the first world war vividly and wanted to give in a lot to avoid another episode.