I guess I should have reminded myself who was PM then
I’ve read a lot about Chamberlain and I just don’t get how he ever stayed in office as long as he did.
I’m not of the camp that believes that the war could have been avoided without appeasement, but I do believe that it ultimately made the early years of the war a lot worse for the UK.
Chamberlain was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in 1940, but before his diagnosis he actually believed that it would be a short war and that he would become PM again after the war.