Impossible Peace

For four years during WWI a life was lost every 25 seconds After the carnage a new age of prosperity and celebration was expected However that it would not be so simple The economy and society had a lot of recovering to do

In effort to keep peace treaties were proposed to keep the aggressors of World War 1 underarmed The ratio of military power was drastically in favor of the US and Great Britain This might have successfully kept peace if it was only given a chance

Exchange rates and floundering economies were not the only things influencing how and where people lived The motorcar and other technological advances were transformative though some clung tight to the past

As Paris lurched into 1929 it seemed on the surface to those with deep pockets that the party would go on forever However few saw the impending future claiming that these people were just hiding away from a harsh reality

In the 20s there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe But where were these people when the great depression hits effecting the lives of people around the world

As the effect of the depression in the US became clear Japanese businessmen began to think that the America would never recover They then set their focus on East Asia where the invasion of Manchuria had doubled the size of the Japanese empire

No one knows for sure if early action would have stopped Adolph Hitlers ambition But we do know that inaction certainly didnt But why did neighboring countries refuse to act early One word Appeasement

Some saw the idea of appeasement as the salvation of peace Some were so blinded by it that they either didnt see or ignored Hitlers all to obvious strategic manipulation of territories