Final Acts of Appeasement
Anchluss 1938
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
- Versailles forbade a unification of Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss affair (Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor
- 1938 Hitler called on new Chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of Nazi
- British do nothing and warn Schuschnigg not to cause trouble
- The French won't do anything without the British
- Italy was the only objection, but Mussolini gave his approval
- Hitler to Mussolini. "Never, never, forget this, no matter what happened."
- Ethnic German area of Czechoslovakiia where 3.5 mil. Germans lived
- Br. P.M Neville Chamberlain wants Czech leader, Bened to give
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
- Mussolini steps in with a four power to conference in Munich
- Benes Resigns in favour of Emil Hacha who agrees to annexation
- Neville proclaims "Peace in our Time"
- Hitler still recognized Slovak state- moved in German troops to "protect it"
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939 - Gives up Czech independence
"I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish to eliminate the enmity that brings far more costs than any possible benefits... It would be a wonderful thing for all of humanity if both peoples would renounce force against each other forever. The German people are ready to make such a pledge."
Adolf Hitler - 14th October 1933