Anchuluss 1938
The Appeasers' reaction
The Sudentenland
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
- Versailles forbade a unification of Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss affair (Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor
- 1938 Hilter called new chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of the Austrian Nazi Party Seyss-Inquart becomes the new Chancellor
- March 1938 German troops roll into Austria
The Appeasers' reaction
- British do nothing and warn Shuschnigg not to cause without Britain
- The French won't do anything without the British
- Italy was the only objection, but Mussolini gave his approval
- Hitler to Mussolini, "Never, never, forget this, no matter what happened".
The Sudentenland
- Ethnic German area of Czechoslovakia where 3.5 mill lived
- Br. P.M. Neville Chamberlain wants Czech leader, Benes to give up the Sudentenland
- Hopes to prevent war
- Hitler threatens to occupy
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
- Mussolini steps in with a four power conference in March
- Benes resigns in favour of Emil Hacha who agrees to a annexation
- Neville Chamberlain proclaims "Peace in our land"
- Hitler recognizes Slovak state- moved German troops to "protect" it
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939- gives up Czech independence
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In the later acts of appeasement Hitler decided he wanted all the German areas to be reunited. However he is not allowed to, although in the end he gets what he wants. Then Hitler wants the Czech but he is declined. Hitler threatens to invade and so they give it to him. The last straw is when Hitler invades Poland with no other motive than to widen his empire. This is when appeasement stops.
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"We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth."- Neville Chamberlain
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Questions?
Why did Hitler invade Austria?