The Munich Pact
When leaders of Britain, France, and Italy allowed Nazi-Germany to take over part of Czechoslovakia, it was known as the Munich Pact. The land agreed for Germany to take over was known as the Sudetenland. Prior to WWII, Hitler held great power and lead Germany with strong dictatorship. Hitler believed that the Sudetenland was part of Germany and desired to control all of Germany. The Sudetenland was very mountainous and would act as a great barrier for nations looking to attack Germany. With a war just about to erupt, Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudetenland. While Hitler was hoping for war to start, Britain, France, and Italy were not. Their militaries were quite less updated than the German military and had fallen behind in the war effort. All they hoped for was peace between the countries. However they knew Germany was too powerful, wanted a war to be initiated and knew that war at this point was inevitable. This was where the Munich Pact came into play. Britain, France, and Italy agreed with Germany that Germany could take over the Sudetenland as long as they did not try to expand any more and did not take any steps closer towards war. The pact was signed and the day following, Germany marched on Czechoslovakia to claim their territory. Initially, Czechoslovakia was unwilling to agree to the pact, but the Czechoslovaks were forced to agree to avoid war. The outcomes of the pact were that the Soviets were extremely upset that they were not involved in the Munich pact and Germany’s expansion. They were furious about toward the British and French especially. Fearing war soon, and fearing betrayal from Britain and France like at the Munich conference, the Soviet State allied with Nazi-Germany by signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
The Munich Pact established a feeling of settlement within the powers of Europe however, the pact was soon broken and society was provoked when Nazi-Germany broke the pact and expanded their territory further into Czechoslovakia. The Munich Pact became a symbol of appeasement for Germany but it was soon broken, abandoned, and left useless.
The Munich Pact established a feeling of settlement within the powers of Europe however, the pact was soon broken and society was provoked when Nazi-Germany broke the pact and expanded their territory further into Czechoslovakia. The Munich Pact became a symbol of appeasement for Germany but it was soon broken, abandoned, and left useless.