Why Did The United States Lose The Munich Agreement?
On September 30, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement, which sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia, and handed it over to Germany in the name of peace. At the time of the meeting, Chamberlain declared that peace had been reached with Germany. His actions were popular in Britain because the British people thought war with Germany had been avoided. However, Chamberlain seem to have underestimated Hitler’s ambitions. In March 1939, Hitler violated the Munich Agreement by invading Czechoslovakia. Once the invasion began in Czech as well as in Poland, Chamberlain had no choice but to declare war with Germany.
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Unfortunately he could not persuade his fellow British politicians because the United States had decided to remain neutral on the topic of German pressures on Czechoslovakia. The United State’s neutrality stance put more pressure on Neville Chamberlain to try and prevent another war. It was not entirely surprising, though, that Chamberlain had taken the lead in seeking to bring about a peaceful settlement of the German-Czechoslovakia dispute. Although Great Britain did not have a formal treaty commitment to Czechoslovakia like France did, she was the more powerful country at the time and France had increasingly came to accept British leadership even on continental affairs. Moreover, if the Germans were to go to war with France, Great Britain would also become involved so it was natural to have Great Britain rather than France seeking to bring about a peaceful, if not amicable, settlement of the German …show more content…
He spoke about all the good that he has done for his German people for peace and expressed his desire to do the same for his 3 million German people in the Czechoslovakia area of Sudetenland. Hitler made sure to tell the Prime Minister that he will take the land by any means necessary in order to reunite his German people. Chamberlain waited patiently for Hitler to finish his speech and he expressed his personal approval for Germany's demands for Sudetenland, but he would need to discuss further with his cabinet and the French. Hitler expressed his appreciation and had promised that no military action would be taken. Once the prime minister boarded the plane back to England, Hitler spoke to his army generals to begin the preparations for invading Czechoslovakia when the time was
After WWI ended, the Treaty …show more content…
Unfortunately he could not persuade his fellow British politicians because the United States had decided to remain neutral on the topic of German pressures on Czechoslovakia. The United State’s neutrality stance put more pressure on Neville Chamberlain to try and prevent another war. It was not entirely surprising, though, that Chamberlain had taken the lead in seeking to bring about a peaceful settlement of the German-Czechoslovakia dispute. Although Great Britain did not have a formal treaty commitment to Czechoslovakia like France did, she was the more powerful country at the time and France had increasingly came to accept British leadership even on continental affairs. Moreover, if the Germans were to go to war with France, Great Britain would also become involved so it was natural to have Great Britain rather than France seeking to bring about a peaceful, if not amicable, settlement of the German …show more content…
He spoke about all the good that he has done for his German people for peace and expressed his desire to do the same for his 3 million German people in the Czechoslovakia area of Sudetenland. Hitler made sure to tell the Prime Minister that he will take the land by any means necessary in order to reunite his German people. Chamberlain waited patiently for Hitler to finish his speech and he expressed his personal approval for Germany's demands for Sudetenland, but he would need to discuss further with his cabinet and the French. Hitler expressed his appreciation and had promised that no military action would be taken. Once the prime minister boarded the plane back to England, Hitler spoke to his army generals to begin the preparations for invading Czechoslovakia when the time was