USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was agreed on at the Munich Conference?
A
Hitler would take all of Europe
B
Hitler would not take all of Czechoslovakia
C
Hitler would take was he could
D
Hitler would give up his Nazi ideas.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -September 29–30, 1938: Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses (the so-called Sudeten region) to Nazi Germany. German troops occupy these regions between October 1 and 10, 1938.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Czechs were not invited to take part in the Munich Conference because, following the policy of appeasement, France and Britain were willing to give Sudetenland (border regions of Czechoslovakia) to Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -But, despite his promise of ‘no more territorial demands in Europe’, Hitler was undeterred by appeasement. In March 1939, he violated the Munich Agreement by occupying the rest of Czechoslovakia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovaks were dismayed with the Munich settlement. They were not invited to the conference, and felt they had been betrayed by the British and French governments.

Detailed explanation-5: -An agreement signed at the Munich conference of September 1938 ceded the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. The agreement was reached between Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Czechoslovakia was not permitted to attend the conference.

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