Eduard Benes Biography

Birth of Eduard Benes.

Masaryk and Benes found the Czech Republic

Eden sets up a committee to expel terrorists from Hungary and Yugoslaviaoslavia

Appointed Foreign Minister

Masaryk and Benes found the Czech Republic

Masaryk and Benes found the Czech Republic

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia

Soviet-Czechoslovak pact, valid only if France supports both parties

Soviet-Czechoslovak pact, valid only if France supports both parties

Succeeds Masaryk as president.

Britain tries to get the Czechs to make concessions to Germany before 12th Sept

Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier agree to the German claims to the Sudetenland

The Sudeten Germans demands for autonomy is rejected by the Prague Government

Recalls the Czech reservists and mans the border with Germany

Orders partial mobilization during the Sudeten crisis.

Under British and French pressure Benes opens negotiations with the Sudeten Germans

Hitler commences mobilization

Promises to meet Sudetenland leaders demands knowing they cannot be met. Henlein rejects Benes offer of full autonomy for Sudetenland

The Sudetenland leaders break off negotiations with Benes

The 24 hour rebellion of Sudetenland is crushed

Britain and France persuade the Czechs to hand over areas greater than 50% German

Czechoslovakia was informed by Britain and France that it could either resist Nazi Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations

The German army was to complete the occupation of the Sudetenland by 10 October, and an international commission would decide the future of other disputed areas.

The Czechoslovak Government, realizing the hopelessness of fighting the Nazis alone, reluctantly capitulated (30 September) and agreed to abide by the agreement

The settlement gave Germany the Sudetenland starting 10 October, and de facto control over the rest of Czechoslovakia as long as Hitler promised to go no further.

With Sudetenland gone to Germany, Czecho-Slovakia lost its defensible border with Germany and its fortifications.

Signs the Munich Treaty and resigns

German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held. Czech loses 11,000 square miles of territory

German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held

Signs the Munich Treaty and resigns

With Sudetenland gone to Germany, Czecho-Slovakia lost its defensible border with Germany and its fortifications

Pressured into resignation by Hitler after the Munich agreement

Resigns after the Munich Agreement.

With Sudetenland gone to Germany, Czecho-Slovakia lost its defensible border with Germany and its fortifications

Pressured into resignation by Hitler after the Munich agreement

Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews

Czechoslovakia, complying with Nazi policy, outlaws the Communist Party and begins persecuting Jews

The future of the Sudetenland is discussed by Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier and Mussolini. The Czechs are not invited but Benes attends and is abused by Hitler

Germany gives southern Slovakia to Hungary

Arrives in London to form a Government in exile

Benes goes into exile in Putney, London

In the wake of London Blitz, Benes, his wife, their nieces, and his household staff moved to The Abbey at Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

Leads the Czech Government in exile

Organizes the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London with Jan Sramek as Prime Minister and himself as President

Leads the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London.

Leads the Czech Government in exile, first in Paris then in London

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. Appointed President of Czech

In the wake of London Blitz, Benes, his wife, their nieces, and his household staff moved to The Abbey at Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire

Benes and Frantisek Moravec plan Operation Anthropoid, with the intention of assassinating Reinhard Heydrich

The Czech Government in exile is recognized by Great Britain

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

German forces destroy Lidice after Heydrich's assassination.

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Operation Anthropoid results in brutal German reprisals such as the execution of thousands of Czechs and the eradication of two villages of Lidice and Lezaky

Issues decrees reshaping citizenship, property and postwar settlement.

The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany

Benes presided over a coalition Government involving Democrats and Communists, with the Communist leader Klement Gottwald as Prime Minister

The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany.

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. After the Prague uprising at the end of World War II, Benes returned home and reassumed his former position as President

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Approves the programme for the restored state.

Formally elected to his 2nd term as President

Formally elected to his 2nd term as President

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

The Communists assumed complete power in a coup

The Communists assumed complete power in a coup

Benes resigns as President and Gottwald succeeds him as President

Death of Eduard Benes.