The Munich Agreement

Question 1

Where did the third and final meeting take place?

Answer 1

Munich

Question 2

When did the Munich meeting take place?

Answer 2

29-30 September

Question 3

Who was present at the Munich meeting/Munich Conference? (4)

Answer 3

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy

Not Czechoslovakia - despite the fact it was her future being decided.

Question 4

What was agreed at the Munich Conference in late September 1938?

Answer 4

That Hitler could have the Sudetenland

Question 5

When the terms of the Munich Conference were presented to the Czechs, why did they agree to the terms?

Answer 5

They had no choice.

Either they accepted the terms or face the full might of the German army - ALONE.

Question 6

What did Chamberlain do a few hours after the Munich Agreement was signed?

Answer 6

Visited Hitler personally and persuaded him to sign a document promising to work to promote peace across Europe

Question 7

After Chamberlain personally persuaded Hitler to sign the document after the Munich Conference, what was Chamberlain able to do?

Answer 7

Chamberlain flew home and could use the joint declaration to claim to the British public that he had secured ‘peace for our time’

Question 8

What happened on 1 October 1938 (the day after the Munich Agreement was signed)?

Answer 8

German troops marched into the Sudentenland

Question 9

When German troops marched into the Sudetenland, who also took Czech territory?

Answer 9

Hungary and Poland - taking land where Hungarians and Poles lived.

Question 10

What happened within Czechoslovakia after the Munich Agreement? (2)

Answer 10

1. Benes, the Czech leader, resigned.
2. The country descended into chaos.

Question 11

How was Chamberlain greeted in Britain after the Munich Agreement?

Answer 11

As a hero - he had averted war (or so people thought)

Question 12

Did the British people believe that appeasement could stop Hitler?

Answer 12

No. A September 1938 poll showed a majority thought it would fail - but that it might buy time.

Question 13

After the Munich Agreement, did the British people trust Hitler?

Answer 13

No. An opinion poll (survey) found that 93 per cent did not believe Hitler when he claimed to have no further territorial (land) ambitions

Question 14

How long did the Munich Agreement last?

Answer 14

• About 6 months
• 30 Sept. 1938 to 15 March 1939, when Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia

Question 15

In March 1939, when the Germans invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia, what did the Czechs do?

Answer 15

Nothing - they could not really resist

Question 16

In March 1939, when the Germans invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia, what did the British and French do?

Answer 16

• Nothing directly to stop the invasion.
• But Britain and France told Hitler that if he invaded Poland they would declare war on Germany.

Question 17

Who was Hitler’s next likely target after invading Czechoslovakia in March 1939?

Answer 17

Poland (to Germany’s east)

Question 18

Why did Hitler not believe Britain and France when they told him they would declare war if he invaded Poland?

Answer 18

Britain and France had done nothing to stop Hitler since he started breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1933