Reasons For The Failure Of The Munich Pact
Germany is at it again! Just one year after Germany and Great Britain signed the Munich Pact on September 29, 1938, in which German chancellor Adolf Hitler agreed not to take any more land in Europe in exchange for control of the Sudetenland. When British prime minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to defend Poland if they were attacked by Germany, Hitler was infuriated, saying, “I’ll cook them a stew they’ll choke on.” Apparently, Hitler has been busy making his “stew” since Germany has seized Czechoslovakia and has now taken over Poland. The Munich Pact, an attempt at appeasement, has obviously failed as Hitler continues to take over European countries one at a time using a new military strategy that the Germans call “blitzkrieg.” Two days after Germany invaded Poland, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. Another war in Europe has begun.
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Hitler wants to give Germans “lebensraum,” which means taking over land in Poland so the Germans can expand their living space. Not only that, Hitler claims the Poles are persecuting Germans who are living in Poland. He also believes that Chamberlain and other European leaders will not try to stop him since they had already proved that they did not want to start a war when they came up with their appeasement plan in Munich. In addition, the Germans want to get the territory back that they lost after the Great War in the Treaty of Versailles. Besides that, Hitler made a secret alliance with Joseph Stalin called the Nazi-Soviet Pact that stated that Germany and the Soviet Union won’t attack each other and will split
Hitler wants to give Germans “lebensraum,” which means taking over land in Poland so the Germans can expand their living space. Not only that, Hitler claims the Poles are persecuting Germans who are living in Poland. He also believes that Chamberlain and other European leaders will not try to stop him since they had already proved that they did not want to start a war when they came up with their appeasement plan in Munich. In addition, the Germans want to get the territory back that they lost after the Great War in the Treaty of Versailles. Besides that, Hitler made a secret alliance with Joseph Stalin called the Nazi-Soviet Pact that stated that Germany and the Soviet Union won’t attack each other and will split