The Sudetenland
History: Cambridge International GCSE The Twentieth Century (Option B), topic 3.3.2
The Sudetenland
Chamberlain and Hitler agreed that Germany could have the Sudetenland (in Czechoslovakia) if they promised not to take any more land.
The Sudetenland
- As Hitler and the Nazis grew in power, the British Prime Minister Chamberlain flew to meet Hitler in 1938.
- They had a conference and decided that Hitler could have the area of the Sudetenland (in Czechoslovakia) if he promised not to take any more land.
Appeasement
- Hitler signed to agree to this and this policy was known as appeasement.
- Chamberlain thought he had secured ‘peace in our time’.
- As by giving Hitler land he wanted in Czechoslovakia he would be pleased and not want any more.
Avoiding war
- Chamberlain knew that peace was important to the British people who didn’t want to have another world war.
- The First World War hadn’t been that long ago and many people remembered the horrors of it.
Test yourself on The Sudetenland
Where is the Sudetenland?
When did the British Prime Minister Chamberlain fly to meet Hitler to discuss the Sudetenland?