Final Acts of Appeasement
Anchluss, 1938
The appeasers' reaction
The Sudentenland
Neville Chamberlin and the Munich Agreement
- Versailles forbade a unification of Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss affair (Nazis assassinate Austrain Chancellor)
- 1938 Hitler called on new Chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of Austria Nazi Party Seyss-Inquart becomes new chancellor
- March 1938 Germans troops roll into Austria
- "Plebiscite" is held - 99.75% vote in favour of unification
The appeasers' reaction
- British do nothing and warn Schuschnigg not to cause trouble
- The french won't do anything without 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 mil Germans lived
- Br. P.M. Neville Chanberlain wants Czech leader, Benes to give up the Sudentenland
- Hopes to prevent war
- Hitler threatens to occupy
Neville Chamberlin and the Munich Agreement
- Mussolini steps in with a four power conference in Munich
- Benes resigns in favour of Emil Hacha who agrees to the annexation
- Neville Chamberlain Proclaims "Peace in our time"
- Hitler still recognized Slovak state - moved in German troops to "protect" it
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939 - gives up Czech independence
"This is the second time that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe this is peace for out time."
- British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain
- British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain
"I have no more territorial claims to make in Europe"
-Hitler
-Hitler
FUN FACT: In 1938 17.34% of the Sudetenland population joined the Nazi Party.
Subjunctive Question
If the League continued these acts of appeasement how much land would Hitler have ended up with?
Summary
The final acts of appeasement let Hitler take over a lot of land with out firing a single shot. This happened because the League was still trying to avoid another war and led to the end of the league.