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Munich Agreement

1938 · 20th century · Also known as Munich Pact

The Munich Agreement was concluded on 29–30 September 1938 by Germany, Britain, France and Italy, without Czechoslovakia taking part. It required Czechoslovakia to cede the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany, which Hitler had threatened to seize by force. Hailed by Neville Chamberlain as 'peace for our time', it became the symbol of appeasement; Germany occupied the rest of the Czech lands in March 1939.

Munich Agreement
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