The Sudetenland Crisis Flashcards
What are the key features of the Sudetenland Crisis?
Hitler encouraged Czech Nazis to riot.
Czech leader, Benes didn’t want Hitler to invade because the Sudetenland had the Skoda armament factory.
Why did Hitler want to invade the Sudetenland?
It contained 3 million German speakers.
So it would have helped Hitler in creating Grossdeutschland.
When did Czech Nazis riot?
12th September 1938
When was the Sudetenland Crisis?
1938
What happened at Berchtesgaden?
Britain and France agreed to give Hitler the parts of the Sudetenland with the majority of German speakers.
What happened at Bad Godesberg?
Hitler asked for all of the Sudetenland. There was a clear threat of war.
What happened at Munich?
Britain and France agree to give all of the Sudetenland to Hitler as long as he doesn’t try to get any more land.
When was Munich?
29th September 1938
Who was not invited to Munich?
USSR and Czechoslovakia
When did Hitler invade the rest of Czechoslovakia?
March 1939