HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Munich Agreement, Lebensraum
Document Summary
Hitler denied that his intentions were to take over czechoslovakia, and britain sent lord. Hitler knew that britain and france would not risk going to war over. Czechoslovakia had a defense treaty with france since 1924; both france and ussr signed an undertaking to protect czech independence in may 1935. French were not directly involved; britain advised czechoslovakia to hand over the. Germany, britain, france and italy agreed to hand over the sudetenland. Neither czechoslovakia nor the ussr were consulted. Germany did not need to fire a shot; gained valuable agricultural and industrial resources. Hitler promised this was his last territorial demand; signed a document with chamberlain to never go to war with each other (the peace in our time" pledge) Soon after, both poland and hungary was seized land from czechoslovakia. Impact: lost the strongest army in eastern europe. Hitler aimed to destroy czech and ordered to invade.
