How the West Betrayed Czechoslovakia to Hitler (The Munich Agreement,1938)

At the dawning of the Second World War, emboldened by the Anschluss, Adolf Hitler turned his focus to the Sudetenland, a heavily industrialised region of Czechoslovakia with a considerable population of ethnic Germans. Fearing the outbreak of another bloody conflict, Britain and France entered into a policy of appeasement with Nazi Germany, engaging in a four-power conference that would culminate in the signing of the Munich Agreement. Ultimately, Hitler would betray the trust of the western powers, and the Munich Agreement is now remembered in history as a byword for the futility of appeasing aggressive, totalitarian states. The fact that it took place in 1938 should tell you if it was successful or not! Become a Simple History member: Support us on Patreon: Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: `/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA Amazon UK Credit: Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Narrator: Chris Kane Sources: “Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace For Our Time“ speech“. . 30 September 1938. Deák, István (2015) [2013]. Europe on Trial: The Story of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution during World War II. London: Routledge Deák, Ladislav, Hungary’s game for Slovakia, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1996 Douglas, R. M. (2012), Orderly and Humane, New Haven: Yale University Press Hucker, Daniel (2011). Public Opinion and the End of Appeasement in Britain and France. London: Routledge K. Robbins, “Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten Question and British Foreign Policy”, Historical Journal, 1969 Kenety, Brian (14 April 2005). “Memories of World War II in the Czech Lands: the expulsion of Sudeten Germans“. Radio Praha Noakes, J.; Pridham, G. (2010) [2001]. Nazism 1919–1945: Foreign Policy War, and Racial Extermination. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Devon: University of Exeter Press.