Czechoslovakia

treaty especially angered the chauvinistic Germans which made many support Hitler when he promised to destroy the Treaty. Also, it was so unfair that it undermined the confidence of western politicians to resist Hitler 's demands, when he asked for Czechoslovakia and other small territories. The treaty had sparked the war, if it had not been for the treaty, Germany would have never been in an economic and political crisis and would not have resorted to Hitler’s…

Three of the main countries with dictators that posed a threat to world peace were Japan, Germany, and Italy. Japan 's threat began with confusion over whether they should be following the example of the Western democracies like Britain, France, and America or if they should be following the fascist dictatorships like Germany and Italy. The decision finally came to head in the mid 1930s when the very imperial minded Japanese military decided to take matters into their own hands. At that point…

The opening line of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto claims that communism is a specter haunting Europe. This specter, however, was lively, not only in global history, but in literature. As communism took root in Russia and continued into Eastern Europe, allusions to communism became more present in literary works, not only from intellectuals in those areas, but Western intellectuals as well. Czeslaw Milosz, a Polish intellectual, claims that this increase in communist nations is a natural…

negotiating peace with Adolf Hitler, Chamberlain was “convinced that his policy was succeeding,” (Charmley 160). Moreover, as time went on without success, Chamberlain continued to warn Hitler, “as he did on September 11,” that should he attempt to take Czechoslovakia, that France, and later Britain would declare war on Germany (107). Chamberlain assumed he was giving the Führer an ultimatum, but by this time, about 1938, Hitler’s regime had grown to extensive size, and “felt strong enough to…

have been a line meant particularly for Neville Chamberlain, in the same speech he announced that, “in my view, the rape of Albania is to the Anglo-Italian agreement what the destruction of Czechoslovakia was to the Munich agreement.” Attlee and the Labour party viewed the invasion of Albania and Czechoslovakia as “the end of the attempt to make peace by disregarding moral issues.” Labour party rhetoric was as pointed as ever, attacking Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement and presenting…

was born in August 1928 in Lancut, Poland. Soon after his Family moved to Liberec, (or Reichenberg) Czechoslovakia. Hans spoke German, but was a polish boy and went to a public school. The picture I chose was Hans’ little brother Alexandre standing in front of his school. After being settled down for a while the Fischler’s moved again to Prague because of the Germans starting to take over Czechoslovakia with the start of taking Sudetenland in the north. After moving to Prague as refugees the…

Sudetenland It refers to the area of Czechoslovakia that were mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. Spielvogel noted that “the Sudetenland also contained Czechoslovakia’s most important frontier defenses and considerable industrial resources as well” (836). Hitler knew the importance of this land. To gain this land, he required the cession of it to Germany, otherwise, he may start a war. He successfully persuaded Britain and French not to defend Czechoslovakia, which allowed Germany to occupy the…

There were many other methods including the daring choice to smuggle Jews out of Nazi reach. One of the people that made this bold choice was Nicholas Winton, who transported children out of- soon to be invaded- Czechoslovakia. He transported children out of Czechoslovakia through the kindertransport to Europe in order to shelter them from the incoming Nazis. “For me he is like a father” (Joseph Ginat). This quote from one of the children that was transported to England shows the gratefulness…

by arrogantly demanding ownership of German Sudetenland by Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately Britain and France felt the need to appease Hitler, and settled his demands at the Munich Conference in September of 1938. Equipped with bare armament, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain surrendered the Sudetenland to Hitler. One year later, he took advantage of those who trusted him by taking the entire territory of Czechoslovakia for…

said that, “After Hitler’s seizure of Austria in March, I appealed to the government. I asked that Britain, together with France and other powers, guarantee the security of Czechoslovakia. If that course was followed, events would not have fallen into this disastrous state...” Churchill blames Britain for the fall of Czechoslovakia because they did not form an alliance with each other. With the amount of soldiers the aggressor would have to face alone would make them back down. After composing…