How did other countries react to Hitler's demands?

• Chamberlain and Daladier, the French president, were only too happy to attend the conference in Munich, Germany, and accept Hitler's demands
• As a result of accepting the demands, they felt that they were able to say that they had prevented war and Czechoslovakia's borders were safe, as Hitler promised he would respect them
• Britain and France claimed that they had upheld their promise to Czechoslovakia to protect it from Hitler
• In reality, Hitler had got everything he had demanded and on 10th October 1938 he marched his troops into the Sudetenland, an area that wasn't his, with no international opposition
• Without the Sudetenland's fortifications the Czechs were defenceless and they fell to Nazi occupation
• The Czech government had not been consulted and now the people of the Sudetenland found themselves as the newest members of Greater Germany
• German Sudetens greeted Nazi soldiers with flowers, just like Austrians had in March 1938. However, the Czechs were fearful as the troops marched across their border. To them, this was a real invasion
• The USSR was also not consulted. Britain and France had been trying to guarantee Soviet support in case of war, but now Stalin felt betrayed and angry
• On top of the USSR being ignored, Hitler was getting closer to countries that the USSR had close relationships with in Eastern Europe. Stalin started questioning what he could do to prevent invasion by Hitler's forces and was convinced that that the answer didn't lie in diplomacy with Britain and France, who were losing a very powerful ally in the USSR