8h 23min, aug 15, 1938 y - It also fulfilled Hitler's foreign policy aim to destroy the Treaty of Versailles, which had created the independent state of Czechoslovakia in the treaties of Saint Germain with Austria (1919) - Austria had to recognise the independence of Czechoslovakia and transferred territory to it and the Treaty of Triainon with Hungary (1920) - Hungary had to transfer territory to Czechoslovakia. It also fulfilled his idea to build up a central European empire. (Timeline)