Which best describes the policy of appeasement followed by Great Britain and France in the 1930s? 1.sending armed forces into Germany to force it to stop its aggression 2.forming an alliance with the United States to counter Germanyâs alliance with Italy and Japan 3.building up strong armies and navies to stop Germany from making further demands 4.allowing Germany to take aggressive steps in hopes of maintaining peace

4. Allowing Germany to take aggressive steps in hopes of maintaining peace.

Explanation:

The policy of appeasement was a stand taken by Britain and France to avoid war with Hitler of Germany. Hitler was bent on overtaking several territories. Any attempt to stop him would lead to war.

To avoid this, the then British Prime Minister known as Neville Chamberlain, accepted the Munich Agreement, wherein Hitler was allowed to overtake Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia.

Hitler, however, did not keep to his own part of the agreement, as he overtook the entire Czechoslovakia leading to another war.