The Munich Agreement was derived from a conference that occurred in Munich, Germany and signed on September 30, 1938 by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain. This agreement ensured that Hitler would be able to collect the Sudetenland he believed belonged to Germany without the use of violence. The Munich Agreement is an example of British and French attempts at appeasement because according to Overy’s definition of appeasement, this agreement gave Germany (the aggressive nation) its demands without the use of violence. Hitler making this agreement with Chamberlain and other political leaders is an example of his public promotion of peace because this agreement gave Hitler what he wanted and avoided war for the time being without the use of violence. While this agreement did appease Hitler for the time being, it did not adequately fulfilled the policy of appeasement in the end. After the Munich Conference, Hitler felt cheated out of war because the agreement ensured peace and did not give him the war Hitler wanted. To ensure war would occur, Hitler secretly installed military official Konrad Henlein as a leader in obtaining Sudetenland and all of Czechoslovakia for Germany. This is clear evidence of Hitler privately initiating war with his inner circle and violating appeasement policies because the demands he gave Henlein to enforce in Czechoslovakia were kept out of the public image and these demands were to eventually overrule all of Czechoslovakia. These plans inadequately follow the policy of appeasement because they prove that Hitler did not have the intentions of following through with the plans he made in the Munich Agreement. While Hitler did agree to follow the
The Munich Agreement was derived from a conference that occurred in Munich, Germany and signed on September 30, 1938 by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain. This agreement ensured that Hitler would be able to collect the Sudetenland he believed belonged to Germany without the use of violence. The Munich Agreement is an example of British and French attempts at appeasement because according to Overy’s definition of appeasement, this agreement gave Germany (the aggressive nation) its demands without the use of violence. Hitler making this agreement with Chamberlain and other political leaders is an example of his public promotion of peace because this agreement gave Hitler what he wanted and avoided war for the time being without the use of violence. While this agreement did appease Hitler for the time being, it did not adequately fulfilled the policy of appeasement in the end. After the Munich Conference, Hitler felt cheated out of war because the agreement ensured peace and did not give him the war Hitler wanted. To ensure war would occur, Hitler secretly installed military official Konrad Henlein as a leader in obtaining Sudetenland and all of Czechoslovakia for Germany. This is clear evidence of Hitler privately initiating war with his inner circle and violating appeasement policies because the demands he gave Henlein to enforce in Czechoslovakia were kept out of the public image and these demands were to eventually overrule all of Czechoslovakia. These plans inadequately follow the policy of appeasement because they prove that Hitler did not have the intentions of following through with the plans he made in the Munich Agreement. While Hitler did agree to follow the