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Question 12 • Virginia and US History

When Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936 and Austria in 1938, other European nations

Answer
A
united to protect Czechoslovakia.
B
responded with immediate armed resistance.
C
offered no resistance.
D
convened the Munich Conference.

Explanation

Other European nations did not use military force to stop Hitler’s moves into the Rhineland or Austria. Their failure to resist reflected a policy of appeasement, or avoiding war by allowing some of Hitler’s demands. The correct choice is “offered no resistance.”

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