Hitlerdemanded that the Czech government give independence to the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia where 3.5millionGermans lived. It was rich in naturalresources and containedCzechoslovakia'sdefences against a possibleGerman attack.
Munich Agreement
30September1938 - Germany, Britain, Italy and France held a conference to formallyagree a deal.Czechoslovakia was not invited. The MunichAgreementagreed:
to make the Sudetenlandpart of Germany
to guarantee the independence of the rest of Czechoslovakia
for bothBritain and Germanypromised not to go to war.