Which British Prime Minister (1937-1940) is associated with appeasement toward Nazi Germany?

• A. Neville Chamberlain
• B. Winston Churchill
• C. David Lloyd George
• D. Anthony Eden

Answer: (A)

Appeasement refers to the strategy of making concessions to a threatening power to avoid war. Neville Chamberlain, who was prime minister from 1937 to 1940, famously embodied this approach toward Nazi Germany. He pursued diplomacy and concessions in hopes of keeping peace, most notably with the Munich Agreement of 1938, which allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia under the belief that it would satisfy Hitler’s demands and prevent a larger conflict. He declared “peace for our time,” but the policy failed when Germany continued aggression, eventually invading Poland and triggering World War II. Chamberlain’s period in office is the one most closely associated with appeasement.

Winston Churchill, who would succeed him, became the symbol of resisting appeasement and leading Britain in the war. The other two—David Lloyd George and Anthony Eden—are connected with different roles or times in British history and are not the figure most linked to the appeasement approach during this specific window.