Appeasement is accepting the demands of someone, given that the demands are reasonable and justifiable. In relation to World War Two, Appeasement refers to the policy adopted by Britain and France, which aimed to avoid further conflict with Germany by allowing them to break parts of the Treaty of Versailles which was seen as unfair and harsh. After Adolph Hitler took over as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he began to build up the German military in opposition of the Treaty. Although Britain and France knew of this, they refused to take action against Hitler, who claimed that the re-arming was to prevent the spread of communism from the east. This was really just a diversion, hiding Hitler's true intentions to grow the German empire. However, Britain and France did fear the spread of communism and felt that a stronger Germany would help prevent this, and they also felt that this was only fair to the Germans who had the right to be able to defend themselves. While Britain and France saw Appeasement as a way to gain peace through negotiating rather than fighting, Hitler saw it as an opportunity and a sign of weakness, so he began testing the opposition. In 1936, Hitler sent a small army to the Rhineland, where Germany was prohibited from having a military presence, and while the French complained, they took no real direct action, and neither did the British. Hitler now knew that other nations would rather ignore the Treaty of Versailles than risk further conflict, so he began taking bolder steps. Now that Germany had built a strong army, Hitler began working on building up his empire. First, Germany annexed neighboring Austria, essentially taking over the country without any opposition. With no backlash after taking Austria, Hitler turned to Czechoslovakia where there was a large amount of German ancestry who were eager to join Germany. Although the Czech government were in strong opposition, Hitler still began to move in. The Czech's pleaded to Britain and France, but they refused to take military action against Germany, however, they reached an agreement with the Germans that said they could have a region called the Sudetenland if they left the rest of Czechoslovakia alone. But Hitler once again took advantage of the kindness of Britain and France when he invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. Even though Germany had blatantly broken the agreement, Britain and France once again refused to take action against the Germans, however, they did promise to aid Poland if Germany invaded. Yet again, Germany ignored Britain and France and went on to invade Poland in 1939. Now, Britain and France new that they had no choice but to take action against Germany, marking the end and failure of Appeasement.