The Munich Conference, 29 September 1938

Hitler invited Chamberlain and Daladier to a four-power conference
Because war seemed inevitable
It met in Munich
A plan produced by Mussolini, but written by a German Foreign Officer was accepted :

Sudetenland was to be given to Germany immediately.
Poland was given Teschen.
Hungary received South Slovakia
Germany guaranteed Czechoslovakia

Neither the Czechs or the Russians were invited to this conference.

Czechs were told that if they resisted the Munich decision, they would receive no help from either Britain or France.

France had guaranteed Czech borders at Locarno.

This betrayal from France and this unsympathetic attitude from Britain led to Czechs becoming hopeless. They had no choice but go along with it.

Benes resigned.

The morning after, Chamberlain and Hitler had a private meeting at which they both signed a statement, 'a scrap of paper' promising to renounce warlike intentions and will use consultation to deal with any problems that may occur.

Chamberlain was welcomed back with rapture: "I believe it is peace for our time."

But Churchill called it a: "a total and unmitigated defeat." Duff Cooper, the First Lord of the Admiralty resigned from the cabinet, saying Hitler could not be trusted to keep the agreement.

They were right.

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