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CRISIS & AGREEMENT 1938 C  B  A  A* JUDGE

ASSESS RESULTS GRADE A • Chamberlain returned to Britain a hero. Peace had been maintained. He had prevented war, saying the agreement was ‘’. • The results of Munich however were serious for & as a whole. • Czechoslovakia had been betrayed & weakened. Only a matter of time before Hitler took over the rest, • Hitler had gained the Sudetenland without fighting. • The Czech government was DESCRIBE GRADE C completely humiliated. • Hitler wanted to expand into the area of • Czechoslovakia was now defenceless: Czechoslovakia know as the Sudetenland. the Sudetenland contained its • 3 million German-speaking people defences against . inhabited (lived in) the Sudetenland. • Germany had gained armaments • The Sudetenland had strong, well EXPLAIN GRADE B (Skoda tanks) and mineral resources fortified defences. • Munich Agreement: On 29-30 (coal) • Hitler ordered Henlein, the leader of the , Hitler met • Britain and had again shown Sudeten to stir up trouble in Chamberlain, Mussolini and the their weakness by giving way to the Sudetenland and demand self- French Prime Minister, Daladier at Germany. government and union with Germany. Munich. • Hitler decided that Britain and • Hitler threatened to invade • Czechoslovakia and USSR were not France were afraid of him and Czechoslovakia unless these demands invited to the meeting. would not stop him whatever he did. were met. • In this meeting Hitler promised that • Britain speeded up rearmament to • The British Prime Minister, Neville he did not want the rest of prepare for war (they had gained a Chamberlain, believed a peaceful solution Czechoslovakia. year but so did Hitler). could be worked out. • Czechoslovakia was forced to hand • USSR felt left out & betrayed  • Chamberlain persuaded the Czech over the Sudetenland to Germany. Nazi-Soviet Pact. President Benes to agree to self- • Hitler & Chamberlain agreed to a government for the Sudetenland. declaration that Britain and CAN YOU SPELL? • Hitler demanded more. Chamberlain Germany would never to go to war Sudetenland Czechoslovakia returned to & prepared for war. again. Munich Agreement