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Munich Agreement, (September 30, 1938), settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. Sudeten Germans marching in Karlsbad, Germany, April 1937.
An emergency meeting of the main European powers–not including Czechoslovakia, although their representatives were present in the town, or the Soviet Union, an ally to both France and Czechoslovakia–took place in Munich, Germany, on 29–30 September 1938.
Jan 14, 2020 · The Munich Agreement was an astonishingly successful strategy for the Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) in the months leading up to World War II. The agreement was signed on Sept. 30, 1938, and in it, the powers of Europe willingly conceded to Nazi Germany's demands for the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to keep "peace in our time."
September 29–30, 1938: Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses (the so-called Sudeten region) to Nazi Germany. German troops occupy these regions between October 1 and 10, 1938.
On September 1st 1939, World War Two was initiated when Hitler broke his promise and invaded Poland – this prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany by the 3rd of September, causing the start of World War Two – a war which would last six years.
Nov 11, 2008 · The agreement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland was signed on 29 September 1938 at the Munich Conference. Hitler had previously started rearming Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936 and annexed Austria in 1938.
Apr 29, 2022 · The Munich Agreement was a treaty written and signed in 1938 by Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, Adolf Hitler of Germany, Edouard Daladier of France, and Benito Mussolini of Italy. Chamberlain proposed both the conference and the treaty in an attempt to put an end to the advancements of Adolf Hitler and prevent all-out war.
