How Did Hitler Shaped The Munich Agreement?

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On September 30, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement, which sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia, and virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. At the time of the meeting, Chamberlain declared that peace had been reached with Germany. His actions were popular in Britain because the British people thought war with Germany had been avoided. Chamberlain seem to have underestimated Hitler’s ambitions. In March 1939, Hitler violated the Munich Agreement by invading Czechoslovakia. Once the invasion began in Czech and then in Poland, Chamberlain had no choice but to declare war with Germany.
After WWI ended, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, which forced Germany to do three things: Disarm, Make substantial territorial concession, and pay reparations to the main countries in the Allied powers. When Germany had refused to sign the treaty, the Allies declared that another war would resume. The treaty stripped Germany of 25,000 square miles of territory and …show more content…
He spoke about all the good that he has done for his German people for peace and he spoke about wanting to do the same for his 3 million German people in the Czechoslovakia area of Sudetenland. Hitler made sure to tell the prime minister that he will take the land by any means necessary in order to reunited his German people. Chamberlain waited patiently for Hitler to finish his speech and he expressed his personal approval for Germany's demands for Sudetenland, but he would need to discuss further with his cabinet and the French. Hitler expressed his appreciation and had promised that no military action would be taken. Once the prime minister boarded the plane back to England, Hitler spoke to his army generals to begin the preparations for invading Czechoslovakia when the time was
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