WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They persuaded Austria to give in to German occupation.
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They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland.
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They persuaded Belgium to allow the occupation of Luxembourg.
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They persuaded the Soviet Union to allow Germany to occupy Poland.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the Munich Conference that September, Neville Chamberlain seemed to have averted war by agreeing that Germany could occupy the Sudetenland, the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia-this became known as the Munich Agreement. In Britain, the Munich Agreement was greeted with jubilation.
Detailed explanation-2: -In reaction, the United Kingdom and France on 20 September formally asked Czechoslovakia to cede its Sudetenland territory to Germany, which was followed by Polish territorial demands brought on 21 September and Hungarian on 22 September.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the Munich conference, the leaders of Britain and France fought with Germany over the control of the Sudetenland. Ultimately, they tried to appease Hitler and gave him to opportunity to take the Sudetenland. This left Czechoslovakia the opportunity to either surrender to Germany of fight them alone.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the Munich Conference on September 29, 1938, Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands, a policy that came to be known as appeasement. Appeasement is the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace.
Detailed explanation-5: -gave in to Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland. At the Munich Conference, Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands and informed Czechoslovakia’s leaders they must give up the Sudetenland.