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The Munich Conference

The Munich Conference. The Failure of Appeasement!. Hitler’s Aggression. In March of 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to occupy the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone between Germany and France. The Rhineland (off-limits to German troops). The Anschluss.

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The Munich Conference

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  1. The Munich Conference The Failure of Appeasement!

  2. Hitler’s Aggression In March of 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to occupy the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone between Germany and France

  3. The Rhineland (off-limits to German troops)

  4. The Anschluss In March 1938 Adolf Hitler ordered the occupation and Anschluss (annexation) of Austria, his homeland

  5. The Anschluss

  6. The Sudetenland A region in western Czechoslovakia with 3 million ethnic Germans; many desired to be a part of Germany, including KonradHenlein, leader of the pro-Nazi Sudeten German Party

  7. The Sudetenland

  8. The Czech Response? Czech President Edvard Benes was NOT amenable to the demands made by Henlein, asking for Sudetenland autonomy (independence)

  9. Great Britain & France? They wished to avoid war at all costs, and advised Czech President Benes to give in to the demands of Hitler and Henlein

  10. What next? Negotiations broke down between Hitler and the Czechs; Hitler threatened to invade the Sudetenland; Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister asked Hitler for a conference

  11. The Munich Conference September 29 1938 in Munich, Germany; Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain of the United Kingdom and Edouard Daladier (France) all met to discuss a solution to the Sudetenland situation

  12. The Big Boys!

  13. What Happened? An agreement was reached, and the Munich Agreement was signed by all heads of state!

  14. Signing the Agreement!

  15. Palm Pressing!

  16. Postcard Commemoration

  17. And the Agreement? France and Great Britain agreed to not interfere in Hitler’s taking of the Sudetenland, and allowed Hitler to take the remainder of Czechoslovakia as long as he promised to GO NO FURTHER!

  18. Chamberlain Speech in London

  19. Nazi Occupied as of October 1938

  20. Nazi Aggression Continues • Sudetenland October 1938 • Remainder of Czechoslovakia March 1939 • Poland September 1 1939 • World War II begins with invasion of Poland!

  21. Chamberlain “War with Germany”

  22. Quotes “The fools, why are they cheering?”… ---Edouard Daladier, upon his return to Paris from the Munich Conference, as he was greeted with cheers

  23. Edouard Daladier Was quoted as saying that Hitler's real aim was to eventually secure "a domination of the Continent…comparable to Napoleon." He also said, "Today it is the turn of Czechoslovakia. Tomorrow it will be the turn of Poland and Romania. When Germany has obtained the oil and wheat it needs, she will turn on the West.”

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