Prime minister of the United Kingdom in the late 1930's. His policy of appeasement (Appeasement of the damage caused to Germany due to World War I repayments) with Nazi Germany allowed Adolf Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia, and precipitated World War II. Chamberlaine believed passionately in peace, and wanted to avoid war at virtually any cost, which seems to have contributed to his willingness to believe that satisfying each of Hitler's escalating demands for control of more and more territory would finally be the last, and that peace would be ensured. Eventually, although too late to prevent the war that arguably could have been ended by British military intervention when the Third Reich hadn't yet built its military strength, Chamberlaine was able to see through Hitler's tactics and supported the declaration of war against Germany after the invasion of Poland.
He resigned from office in 1940, weeks before the evacuation of British and French troops at Dunkirk?, and was succeeded by Winston Churchill. He died a month later.
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