What was the reason why 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.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.