Why did the britain, france, and the united states embrace the policy of appeasement?
a.
they believed that if they appeased hitler’s demands, he would stop any future pursuits of territories.
b.
they believed appeasement could buy them time to increase their own military capabilities.
c.
appeasement meant they had the power to dictate whether the soviet union and italy gained any power in the annexed territories.
d.
the leaders thought that a policy of appeasement would deter other countries from taking aggressive actions in europe.

C.

Appeasement meant they had the power to dictate whether the Soviet Union and Italy gained any power in the annexed territories.

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the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.