Pius II was elected Pope March 2, 1939 and was Pope during WWII. Pius I was Pope before that. Pius II was remembered as an appeaser and unwilling to strongly condemn Hitler.
"The rumors of open warfare were rampant. The new pope, Pius XII, was anxious to improve the Church's position in Germany. The German cardinals, still in Rome, suggested that Hitler be the first to be officially notified of Pacelli's election. Pacelli even went so far as to break protocol by "signing the translation and expressed his warm hope for friendly relations." <4> Pius XI had become increasingly anti-German and the German cardinals were hoping for a reconciliation. Many German officials, however, greatly feared Pacelli because they considered him to have a strong influence upon Pius XI. Also, they remembered Pacelli from his days in Germany and knew him to be a formidable opponent. Pius XII was a pope of peace. Three days after his crowning, Great Britain and France asked the Vatican to join with them in protest against the German annexation of Bohemia and Moravia. The Pope refused. The German ambassador, Bergen, reported from the Vatican:
He [Pius XII] has given those around him to understand that he sees no reason to interfere in historic processes in which, from the political point of view, the Church is not interested. <5>
This lessened the fears of Germany and they began to accelerate their war preparations.
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