British History - Munich Agreement 1938

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  • Munich Agreement (1938)
    • Background
      • Sept 1938 - British PM Neville Chamberlain visited Adolf Hitler in his home in Berchtesgaden
        • Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia if Britain did not support Germany's plans to take over the Sudetenland
          • Chamberlain informed Hitler his demands were unacceptable. Mussolini proposed a Four-power conference of DE,IT,FR and GB
            • A metting took place on 29th September 1938. Chamberlain and Daladier (French PM) agreed that Germany could reclaim the Sudentenland but make no further territorial advances in Europe
              • Background
                • Sept 1938 - British PM Neville Chamberlain visited Adolf Hitler in his home in Berchtesgaden
                  • Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia if Britain did not support Germany's plans to take over the Sudetenland
                    • Chamberlain informed Hitler his demands were unacceptable. Mussolini proposed a Four-power conference of DE,IT,FR and GB
                      • A metting took place on 29th September 1938. Chamberlain and Daladier (French PM) agreed that Germany could reclaim the Sudentenland but make no further territorial advances in Europe
      • Reaction
        • Czech Head of State Eduard Benes protested but Chamberlain informed him that Britain was unwilling to go to war
        • Most British people approved of the policy because it had appeared to prevent a war with Germany
        • Politicians including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden attacked the agreement, claiming the British govt. acted dishonorably and it had lost the support of the Czech Army, one of the best in Europe
      • Events after Munich
        • March 1939 - Germany invades the rest of Czechslovakia
        • Chamberlain realised that Hitler could not be trusted and the appeasement policy came to an end

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