Munich Agreement

30 September 1938 · Munich

Europe & world wars

Background

Hitler demanded the German-speaking Sudetenland region. Britain's Neville Chamberlain and France's Édouard Daladier agreed without Czechoslovakia at the table. Germany occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, showing that appeasement had failed.

Signed by

Germany, Britain (Neville Chamberlain), France and Italy

Why it matters

Let Germany take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia; the classic example of 'appeasement'. Chamberlain claimed 'peace for our time'.