6. Constructing Arguments Could World War II have been prevented by the Western powers?

Why or why not? Support your position.

In no way would it have been possible to prevent World War II. Western powers, especially Britain and France, attempted to carry out appeasement policies against the imperialist actions of Germany in Austria and the Czech Republic. The United States, on the other hand, was carrying out an isolationist policy, with which it hardly intervened in the moment before the war.

In any case, no alternative could have worked in the face of Adolf Hitler's imperialist impetus, who wanted to create a predominant German empire throughout Europe. Nor could the expansionist thirst of Italy, whose leader Benito Mussolini sought to control the Mediterranean and regain a position of power after World War I, could have been quenched. Furthermore, the Empire of Japan was in the same position as its two allies. All this created a warlike breeding ground, which in no way could be restrained peacefully without huge losses on the part of Western countries.