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Munich Agreement

1938

The Munich Agreement was reached in September 1938 by Germany, Britain, France and Italy during the crisis over Czechoslovakia. It permitted Germany to annex the Sudetenland without Czechoslovakia being present as an equal negotiating party.

The agreement mattered because it became the defining symbol of appeasement. Supporters saw it as a desperate attempt to preserve peace; critics saw it as a surrender that strengthened Hitler and abandoned a democratic ally.

Robert Harris’s Munich turns the conference into a setting for diplomatic tension and private resistance.

Related people for Munich Agreement

Adolf Hitler1889–1945 Benito Mussolini1883–1945 Frank Foley1884–1958 Hans Oster1887–1945 Heinrich Himmler1900–1945 Neville Chamberlain1869–1940 Reinhard Heydrich1904–1942 Wilhelm Canaris1887–1945 Winston Churchill1874–1965 Édouard Daladier1884–1970

Books

5 Best Novels About the Munich Agreement

Non-Fiction

1 Best Non-Fiction Book About the Munich Agreement

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