1938- The annexation of the Sudetenland

Act

• Munich Agreement
• https://youtu.be/JA-H902CPMA
• After several rounds of negotiation, and despite their own treaties with Czechoslovakia, Britain and France agreed to give in to Hitler’s demand, as long as he agreed not to seize any further European territory. Hitler did sign an agreement to that effect, promising no further invasions

Exact Date

• In late summer (September) 1938, Hitler threatened to unleash a European war unless the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany.

Where

• The Sudetenland was a border area of Czechoslovakia

Hitlers Motives

• Hitler bullies France and Britain into giving him the Sudetenland.

European Leaders

• The leaders of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany held a conference in Munich on September 29–30, 1938. In what became known as the Munich Pact, they agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace from Hitler.

Under Nazis Rule

• Europe was still recovering from World War I: many of the countries of Europe were adjusting to new parliamentary governments, and the newly created League of Nations was a new force in international affairs.