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"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time."
Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister 30 September, 1938.
Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement in the hope that Hitler would not drag Europe into another world war. Appeasement expressed the widespread British desire to heal the wounds of World War I and to correct what many British officials regarded as the injustices of the Versailles Treaty. Some officials regarded a powerful Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.
Munich Pact, accord formulated and signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain at Munich, Germany, on September 29, 1938. The Munich Pact secured the acceptance by Britain and France of the demand by Adolf Hitler that the German-speaking Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia, be ceded to Germany, which it bordered. Local German leaders claimed that the Czech government discriminated against the Sudeten people, and Germany backed their request for self-determination. In a series of negotiations that began in August 1938, cession of the Sudetenland to Germany had already been agreed upon in principle by the participants in the pact. Britain and France, devastated by World War I (1914-1918) and desperate to avoid further confrontation, had accepted Hitler's demands in return for his promise not to claim any other European territory. The pact, signed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for Britain, Premier Édouard Daladier for France, Adolf Hitler for Germany, and Benito Mussolini for Italy, merely determined the conditions under which the cession should be made.
The Munich Pact set October 1, 1938, as the date for Czechoslovakian evacuation of the territory. German occupation of four specified districts was to take place in successive stages between October 1 and 7. Additional territories of predominantly German population were to be specified by an international commission composed of delegates from France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Czechoslovakia. The international commission was also to conduct elections in other territories of dispute. It was also agreed that if the claims of Hungarian and Polish minorities in Czechoslovakia were not settled in three months, a new conference was to be convened. Britain and France agreed, in an annex to the pact, to guarantee the new boundaries of Czechoslovakia against aggression, as did Germany.
One year after the agreement, following continued aggression from Germany and its invasion of Poland, Europe was plunged into World War II.
Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister 30 September, 1938.
Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement in the hope that Hitler would not drag Europe into another world war. Appeasement expressed the widespread British desire to heal the wounds of World War I and to correct what many British officials regarded as the injustices of the Versailles Treaty. Some officials regarded a powerful Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.
Munich Pact, accord formulated and signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain at Munich, Germany, on September 29, 1938. The Munich Pact secured the acceptance by Britain and France of the demand by Adolf Hitler that the German-speaking Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia, be ceded to Germany, which it bordered. Local German leaders claimed that the Czech government discriminated against the Sudeten people, and Germany backed their request for self-determination. In a series of negotiations that began in August 1938, cession of the Sudetenland to Germany had already been agreed upon in principle by the participants in the pact. Britain and France, devastated by World War I (1914-1918) and desperate to avoid further confrontation, had accepted Hitler's demands in return for his promise not to claim any other European territory. The pact, signed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for Britain, Premier Édouard Daladier for France, Adolf Hitler for Germany, and Benito Mussolini for Italy, merely determined the conditions under which the cession should be made.
The Munich Pact set October 1, 1938, as the date for Czechoslovakian evacuation of the territory. German occupation of four specified districts was to take place in successive stages between October 1 and 7. Additional territories of predominantly German population were to be specified by an international commission composed of delegates from France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Czechoslovakia. The international commission was also to conduct elections in other territories of dispute. It was also agreed that if the claims of Hungarian and Polish minorities in Czechoslovakia were not settled in three months, a new conference was to be convened. Britain and France agreed, in an annex to the pact, to guarantee the new boundaries of Czechoslovakia against aggression, as did Germany.
One year after the agreement, following continued aggression from Germany and its invasion of Poland, Europe was plunged into World War II.