Nazi coarseness, Anti-Semitism, the Reich's darker underside, were rationalized time, they assured one another, would blur the jagged edges of Nazi Germany. They had seen a strong Germany as a buffer against bolshevism, had thought their security would be strengthened if they sidled up to the fierce, virile Third Reich.

It was also the driving force behind their exorbitant fear and distrust of the new Russia. That was why they had felt threatened by the hunger riots of 1932. If ever men betrayed their class, these were they.īecause their possessions were great, the appeasers had much to lose should the Red flag fly over Westminster. The appeasers destroyed oligarchic rule which, though levelers may protest, had long governed well. “The appeasers had been powerful they had controlled The Times and The BBC they had been largely drawn from the upper classes, and their betrayal of England's greatness would be neither forgotten nor forgiven by those who, gulled by the mystique of England's class system, had believed as Englishmen had believed for generations that public school boys governed best.

The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-40 Its leader, the new cabinet member, would be Sir Thomas Inskip.” On Saturday, March 14-exactly a week since German troops had crossed the Rhine-he announced that he was establishing, not a ministry of defense, but a ministry for coordination of defense. He suggested that Baldwin choose a man “who would excite no enthusiasm” and “create no jealousies.” The prime minister agreed. Baldwin said outright: “If I pick Winston, Hitler will be cross.” In his biography of Chamberlain, Keith Feiling writes that the Rhineland was “decisive against Winston’s appointment” it was “obvious that Hitler would not like it.” As the prime minister’s heir apparent, Chamberlain encouraged Baldwin to think along these lines. At this, of all times, it seems inconceivable that Baldwin would pick a weak man to supervise the defense of England. “Nazi aggression, one might think, should have lent support to Winston’s candidacy.

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