the czechoslovakian crisis

• Czechoslovakian Crisis


  • 3 million German speaking people lived in the Sudetenland which was part of Czechoslovakia which bordered Germany
  • Hitler encouraged the Nazi Party leader of the Sudetenland (Henlein) to call for independence but the Czechoslovakian (Benes) refused
  • British Prime Minister Chamberlain feared a war so met with Hitler to help
• Chamberlain's actions


  1. Chamberlain, with the support of France, forced Benes to agree to giving the Sudetenland to Germany

  2. Chamberlain went back the GB fearing a war
• Four Powers meeting


  1. Four Powers met (France, Germany, Britain and Italy)

  2. Reached an agreement 'Munich Agreement'
• Munich Agreement


  • Sudetenland would become part of Germany
  • Britain and France guaranteed Czechoslovakian independence
  • Czechs to resist this then they are on their own
  • Hitler and Britain declare that G and B would never go to war