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The Munich Conference
The Failure of
Appeasement!
Nazis on the
Move
In March of 1936,
Adolf Hitler
ordered German
troops to occupy
the Rhineland, a
demilitarized zone
between Germany
and France
Nazis on the
Move
In March 1938
Adolf Hitler
ordered the
Anschluss
(annexation) and
occupation of
Austria, his
homeland
The
Sudetenland
A region in western
Czechoslovakia with
3 million ethnic
Germans, many of
whom desired to be
a part of Germany,
including Konrad
Henlein, leader of
the pro-Nazi
Sudeten German
Party
The Czech
Response?
Czech President
Edvard Benes
was NOT
amenable to the
demands made
by Henlein,
asking for
Sudetenland
autonomy
(independence)
Great Britain &
France?
They wished to
avoid war at all
costs, and
advised Czech
President Benes
to give in to the
demands of
Hitler and
Henlein
What next?
Negotiations broke
down between
Hitler and the
Czechs; Hitler
threatened to invade
the Sudetenland;
Neville Chamberlain,
British Prime
Minister asked Hitler
for a conference
The Munich
Conference
September 29 1938
in Munich, Germany;
Hitler, Mussolini,
Chamberlain of the
United Kingdom and
Edouard Daladier
(France) all met to
discuss a solution to
the Sudetenland
situation
What
Happened?
An agreement
was reached,
and the Munich
Agreement was
signed by all
heads of state!
Postcard Commemoration
And the Agreement?
France and Great Britain agreed to
not interfere in Hitler’s taking of
the Sudetenland, and allowed
Hitler to take the remainder of
Czechoslovakia as long as he
promised to GO NO FURTHER!
Chamberlain Speech in London
Nazi Occupied as of October 1938
Nazi Aggression Continued
Sudetenland October 1938
Remainder of Czechoslovakia
March 1939
Poland September 1 1939
World War II begins with invasion
of Poland!
Chamberlain “War with Germany”
Quotes
“The fools, why are they
cheering?”…
---Edouard Daladier, upon his return to
Paris from the Munich Conference,
as he was greeted with cheers
Edouard Daladier
Was quoted as saying that Hitler's real aim was
to eventually secure "a domination of the
Continent…comparable to Napoleon." He also
said, "Today it is the turn of Czechoslovakia.
Tomorrow it will be the turn of Poland and
Romania. When Germany has obtained the oil
and wheat it needs, she will turn on the
West.”