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Czechoslovakia had a large and
With Austria secured, modern army backed with a sizable Despite this, Hitler,
Hitler turned his armament industry, and had encouraged by reluctance
attention to the German- military alliances with France and of major European powers
speaking population of the Soviet Union. It also had to stop his violation of post
Sudetenland border informal links with the United World War I treaties, was
regions of Czechoslovakia Kingdom, largely due to the United
Kingdom being militarily allied with prepared to risk war.
France.
Following lengthy negotiations
German forces When the French and British and blatant war threats from
negotiators informed the Hitler, British Prime Minister
entered the
Czechoslovak representatives Neville Chamberlain with French
Sudetenland about the agreement, and that if leaders tried to appease Hitler.
unopposed, Czechoslovakia would not accept In the Munich Agreement of 30
celebrated by it, France and Britain would September 1938, the major
consider Czechoslovakia to be European powers allowed German
the local responsible for war, troops to occupy the
ethnic German President Edvard Sudetenland, for the sake of
population Beneš capitulated. "peace for our time".