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The road for war

MUNICH1938

German claims over Czechoslovakia: claims that German-speaking people in Czechoslovakia were being discriminated against.British and French attitudes: desperate to avoid war; put pressure on Czech government to make concessions; Chamberlain believed that German ambitions over Czechoslovakia were confined to the Sudetenland.Meeting in Munich: Hitler, Chamberlain (Britain), Daladier (France) and Mussolini – agreed that Hitler should gain control of Sudetenland; Chamberlain convinced that Hitler was sincere (‘Peace for our time’).Germany takes Czechoslovakia: March 1939, Germany invaded – Britain and France took no action.

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POLAND1939Nazi-Soviet Pact: benefits to Hitler and Stalin; shocked the rest of the world.German invasion of Poland: Britain and France declared war on Germany.