ABSTRACT
Germany put forth a number of peace feelers through neutral intermediaries, but the British ignored or rebuffed them all. Adolf Hitler finally made a personal appeal on July 19 in which he indicated that if Britain returned the German colonies it had received under the Versailles treaty and recognized Germany's domination of the continent; he would spare the British Empire. In the aftermath of Germany's crushing victory over France, Hitler dominated the continent of Europe to an extent unmatched since the peak of Napoleons power in the early nineteenth century. During the last days before the French capitulation, Churchill had made a grandiose offer of union between Britain and France, including joint citizenship for the peoples of both countries, if the French would continue the struggle. Even in Britain, contrary to popular myth, there was considerable support for a negotiated peace, particularly during the period between the French debacle at Sedan and the successful evacuation from Dunkirk.
