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This is the anouncment speech from Churchill to Britain. The British governemt had given Germany an ultimatum which they ignored, and therefore Britain and Germany had entered a state of war.

A post from the BBC transcripting Churchills speech from 1939 anouncing his country Britain had entered war with Germany.

It is a primary source because it is a photo taken in 1938, when Chamberkain went back to Great Britain after the Munich Agreement. When he went back he had a paper on his hand. This one was the Agreemnet signed with Hitler. It symbolized peace for him. He received a hero´s welcome back in Britain. The perspective is from the British.

Low's famous 'Stepping Stones to Glory' showed Hitler marching towards his goal ('Boss of the Universe') along a carpet laid across the backs of the 'spineless leaders of democracy'. The message of the source that Hitler is travelling down a 'road', and Low has even identified the first two steps correctly - 'Rearmament' and 'Rhineland'. But Low was able to do so because those were the two steps Hitler had already taken. He guesses Hitler's next step (Danzig) incorrectly, and the rest of the steps are marked with question marks. Low was claiming that Hitler was heading down a road to war and that everyone else as too scared or spineless to stand up to him.

Bruce Donald and Delfina Urso This source shows the Policy of Appeasement. It shows how Hitler was expanding his territory and nobody was trying to stop him.

This cartoon is from the London Evening Standar, a popular newspaper with a large readership in Britain. This source show the way in which Hitler toughly stepped though and mocked his rivals in order to achieve his goals. in the source we can see how Hitler gets higher each step, gaining power and defeating more people each time

HItler's next target was the strip of former German land in POland known as the Polish corridor. He had convinced himself that Britain and France would not risk war over this, but he was less sure about Stalin, the Russian leader.

a speech given by the prime minister of Britain, chamberlain in order to keep peace with Hitler by giving him the sudetenland

This source is a soviet cartoon saying that Britain and France move Hitler towards the USSR

This video is an extract of Chamberlain´s speech towards appeasement. British prime minister Chamberlain actually believed he had achieved the foundations of a peace with Hitler.

A British cartoon of 1938 shows Germany crushing Austria. Next in line is Czechoslovakia. At the back, Britain says to France: 'Why should we take a stand about someone pushing someone else when it's all so far away'.

The London newspapers did not agree that nobody wanted the British Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament members to come home and help defend Great Britain.