the munich conference
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The Munich Conference. The Failure of Appeasement!. Hitler’s Aggression. In March of 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to occupy the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone between Germany and France. The Rhineland (off-limits to German troops). The Anschluss. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Munich Conference
The Failure of Appeasement!
Nazis on the Move
In March of 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to occupy the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone between Germany and France
Nazis on the Move
In March 1938 Adolf Hitler ordered the Anschluss (annexation) and occupation of Austria, his homeland
The Sudetenland
A region in western Czechoslovakia with 3 million ethnic Germans, many of whom desired to be a part of Germany, including Konrad Henlein, leader of the pro-Nazi Sudeten German Party
The Czech Response?
Czech President Edvard Benes was NOT amenable to the demands made by Henlein, asking for Sudetenland autonomy (independence)
Great Britain & France?
They wished to avoid war at all costs, and advised Czech President Benes to give in to the demands of Hitler and Henlein
What next?
Negotiations broke down between Hitler and the Czechs; Hitler threatened to invade the Sudetenland; Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister asked Hitler for a conference
The Munich Conference
September 29 1938 in Munich, Germany; Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain of the United Kingdom and Edouard Daladier (France) all met to discuss a solution to the Sudetenland situation
What Happened?
An agreement was reached, and the Munich Agreement was signed by all heads of state!
Postcard Commemoration
And the Agreement?France and Great Britain agreed to
not interfere in Hitler’s taking of the Sudetenland, and allowed Hitler to take the remainder of Czechoslovakia as long as he
promised to GO NO FURTHER!
Chamberlain Speech in London
Nazi Occupied as of October 1938
Nazi Aggression ContinuedSudetenland October 1938Remainder of Czechoslovakia
March 1939Poland September 1 1939World War II begins with
invasion of Poland!
Chamberlain “War with Germany”
Quotes“The fools, why are they
cheering?”…
---Edouard Daladier, upon his return to Paris from the Munich Conference, as he was greeted with cheers
Edouard DaladierWas quoted as saying that Hitler's real aim was
to eventually secure "a domination of the Continent…comparable to Napoleon." He also said, "Today it is the turn of Czechoslovakia. Tomorrow it will be the turn of Poland and Romania. When Germany has obtained the oil and wheat it needs, she will turn on the West.”