Munich+Agreement+and+the+lessons+of+Appeasement

media type="custom" key="2975068" Nathaniel Schreiber's (11NSchreiber): e-mail msjNSchreiber@comcast.net Braden schneider's e-mail acepball@hotmail.com Check this out: http://astronauticsnow.com/history/appeasement/index.html : "Once 'peace with honour' home was brought; And there the glory ceases. For peace a dozen wars has fought, And honour's all to pieces." : Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Arthur-Neville-Chamberlain.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.truthproduct.com/2008/05/hitler-appeasement-chris-mathewskevin-james-smackdown/&usg=__FLmC2umMi-zn9U6uKo2dAOYYr0Y=&h=370&w=286&sz=29&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=0ptaOxhr2g9LxM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMunich%2BAgreement%2Band%2Bthe%2Breasons%2Bof%2BAppeasement%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sa%3DN )

Another good link: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWmunich.htm

Appeasement - the policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.

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As the League of Nations crumbled, politicians turned to a new way to keep the peace - appeasement. This was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to stop him from going to war. It was based on the idea that** what Hitler wanted was reasonable **and, when his reasonable demands had been satisfied, he would stop. Although historians recognise appeasement in the actions of Britain and France before 1938 (look at the page on [|Hitler's aims and actions] for examples), the Sudeten Crisis of 1938 is the key example of appeasement in action. Neville Chamberlain was the British prime minister who believed in appeasement. In 1938, Germans living in the border areas of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) started to demand a union with Hitler's Germany. The Czechs refused. Hitler threatened war. On 30 September, in the Munich Agreement - without asking Czechoslovakia - Britain and France** gave** the Sudetenland to Germany. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/images/hist_chamberlain_peace.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/chamberlainandappeasementrev1.shtml&usg=__c0a-SBBLJTMzvWSeNqnxcV3L7sE=&h=297&w=270&sz=14&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=MvIsIXNFAedtcM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMunich%2BAgreement%2Band%2Bthe%2Breasons%2Bof%2BAppeasement%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

__Good source: pg. 202 of //A History of The Twentieth Century (Volume Two: 1933-1951)// by: Martin Gilbert__ Chamberlain, Daladier, Mussolini and Hitler worked out the details in Munich of the transfer of areas along borders of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) to Germany. Ironically, the Czech representatives weren't allowed in the conference Hall until the decision was made, and they had to accept it. Chamberlain wanted them their, but Hitler did not. Basically, the Czechs were duped in this situation because they weren't even allowed to comment on the situation, even though they accepted it. Hitler said that he wanted "justice" but if there was a peaceful solution then he would accept it. Hitler attempted to act like the good guy during his conversation with Chamberlain in Munich, but it was obvious that he was just trying to manipulate Chamberlain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement : The Munich agreement was signed early in the morning of September 30, 1938, but it was dated as September 29, 1938. The Munich Agreement gave Hitler Sudetenland, therefore surrendering the Czechs defences because most of their defence was situated on the border. This gave Germany an advantage on the Czech that they would soon exploit.