Exhausted from the First World War, European countries stood by while Hitler gained power for all of the following reasons except

Many Europeans supported appeasement because they wanted to avoid another war, underestimated Hitler’s threat, or believed the Munich Agreement would satisfy his territorial demands. The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, returned from Munich saying he had secured “peace for our time.” High religious tensions and a general lack of regard for Jewish people were not a reason European countries stood by as Hitler gained power, so choice B is the exception.

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