1 Jan 1938 Jahr - The Sudetenland (HFP)

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Background info:
- After Anschluss, Czechoslovakia was confident it would be the next victim to Hitler. With that, the leader of Czechoslovakia made a deal with France and Britain that stated that they would defend Czechoslovakia if it was attacked by Germany.

Hitler did have plans for Czechoslovakia, as it contained up to 3 million Germans in the Sudetenland area, had railways, a strong army, and forts. The leader of the Nazi party in the Sudetenland demanded that it should be part of Germany. Europe was now on high alert.

Unlike Austria, Czechoslovakia was not going to give up easily, France, Britain, and the USSR had said they would help if it were to be invaded. The Czechs themselves had a good army, and their leader was ready to fight.

In September, the issue was raised, and Chamberlain flew to go meet Hitler to discuss the situation. Hitler stated his demands, saying he only wanted parts of the Sudetenland and would only do so if a plebiscite was held to show that Sudeten Germans wanted to join Germany. Chamberlain thought this was somewhat reasonable, and thought that if Hitler got what he wanted, he would be satisfied.

A couple of days later, France and Britain gave Hitler what he wanted, however, 3 days later, Hitler came back asking for more, stating he wanted all of the Sudetenland.

Some weeks later, Mussolini helped to aid a meeting with Britain, France, Germany and Italy. They decided to give Hitler what he wanted, and Czechoslovakia officially lost the Sudentenland. This was done with no consulting of the Czches, or the USSR. This was known as the Munich Agreement.

Why did Britain and France agree to the Munich Agreement?
- They wanted to avoid war
- They needed time to rearm
- Communism was a bigger threat at the time

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