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The Munich Agreement [a] was an agreement reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and Fascist Italy.The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland, where more than three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived. [1]
During negotiations for the Iran nuclear agreement mediated by Secretary of State John Kerry, Representative John Culberson, a Texas Republican Representative, tweeted the message "Worse than Munich." Kerry had himself invoked Munich in a speech in France advocating military action in Syria by saying, "This is our Munich moment." [14]
After the Munich Agreement, the leadership of the KSČ moved to Moscow and the party went underground. Until 1943, however, KSČ resistance was weak. The 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet
In a last desperate effort to keep the peace, Britain and France agreed to German demands with the September 1938 Munich Agreement. Roosevelt supported Britain and France, and insisted on American neutrality in Europe. [76] [77] [78] In March 1939, Hitler flouted the Munich Agreement by occupying the remaining portions of Czechoslovakia. In ...
France and the United Kingdom were the two dominant players in world affairs and in League affairs, and usually were in agreement. [1] The League proved ineffective in resolving major problems. In 1945 it was replaced with the United Nations , where France played a major role despite its much weaker status.
Munich Agreement Sep. 1938; First Vienna Award Nov. 1938; German occupation of Czechoslovakia Mar. 1939; Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine Mar. 1939; German ultimatum to Lithuania Mar. 1939; Slovak–Hungarian War Mar. 1939; Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War Mar.–Apr. 1939; Danzig Crisis Mar.–Aug. 1939; British guarantee to ...
29 September — Munich Agreement: The German, Italian, British and French heads of government agree to the German demands regarding the annexation of the Sudetenland. Czechoslovakia is not a signatory to the agreement. 30 September — Neville Chamberlain returns to London and declares "Peace for our time".
After the Munich Agreement of September 1938, the Third Reich had annexed the German-majority Sudetenland to Germany from Czechoslovakia in October 1938. Following the establishment of the independent Slovak Republic on 14 March 1939, and the German occupation of the Czech rump state the next day, German leader Adolf Hitler established the ...