Neville Chamberlain Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Alliance Agreement at Bad Godesberg

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland. Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Alliance Chamberlain and France and Russia

Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Anglo-French Transfer Plan Presented

At Godesberg, Chamberlain put the accepted Anglo-French transfer proposals before Hitler as a basis for settlement.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland. Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain presented the Anglo-French transfer plan that Czechoslovakia had accepted under pressure.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain flew from Heston to Germany for his second personal meeting with Hitler.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg Meeting with Hitler

Chamberlain met Hitler again at Bad Godesberg and presented the Anglo-French proposals that Czechoslovakia had accepted.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Godesberg Meeting with Hitler

Meets Hitler again at Godesberg and is confronted with demands going beyond the earlier Anglo-French proposals.

Godesberg Negotiations

Chamberlain continued direct negotiations with Hitler at Godesberg after the earlier Berchtesgaden discussions failed to settle the crisis.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain presented the Anglo-French transfer plan that Czechoslovakia had accepted under pressure.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain flew from Heston to Germany for his second personal meeting with Hitler.

Role range: 1937-1940

Peace Mediation at Godesberg

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Rule of Sudetenland, The

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Rule of Sudetenland, The

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Second Meeting with Hitler

Chamberlain's second meeting with Hitler focused on whether the Sudeten dispute could be settled through the Anglo-French plan.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Sudetenland Proposal at Godesberg

The Godesberg talks placed Chamberlain's proposed transfer of German-majority areas against Hitler's continuing demands over the Sudetenland.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Treaty of Munich

Chamberlain met Hitler again and presented the Anglo-French proposals accepted by Czechoslovakia.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain continued discussions while British officials sought written clarification of Hitler’s expanded demands.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain received the German memorandum and accompanying map during the final Godesberg discussions.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain continued discussions while British officials sought written clarification of Hitler’s expanded demands.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain received the German memorandum and accompanying map during the final Godesberg discussions.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain left Godesberg after failing to secure Hitler’s acceptance of the Anglo-French plan.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain reported that the negotiations had ended without agreement and that the danger of war had increased.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain returned to London and placed the Godesberg memorandum before the Cabinet.

Role range: 1937-1940

Cabinet Review of German Demands

Chamberlain brought the German memorandum before the Cabinet so ministers could assess the demands that had prevented agreement at Godesberg.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Failure of the Godesberg Talks

Chamberlain reported back in London after leaving Godesberg without securing Hitler's acceptance of the Anglo-French proposals.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Godesberg Memorandum Submitted to Cabinet

After returning from Germany, Chamberlain submitted Hitler's Godesberg memorandum to the British Cabinet for consideration.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain left Godesberg after failing to secure Hitler’s acceptance of the Anglo-French plan.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain reported that the negotiations had ended without agreement and that the danger of war had increased.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain returned to London and placed the Godesberg memorandum before the Cabinet.

Role range: 1937-1940

Return from Godesberg

Chamberlain returned to London from Godesberg without an agreement after the negotiations with Hitler failed to produce a settlement.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Treaty of Munich

Chamberlain returned from Godesberg without agreement and submitted Hitler's memorandum to the Cabinet.

Role range: 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain considered whether a revised timetable and international supervision could bridge the remaining dispute.

Role range: 1937-1940

Godesberg

Chamberlain considered whether a revised timetable and international supervision could bridge the remaining dispute.

Role range: 1937-1940

Appeal for Continued Negotiation

In his broadcast, Chamberlain argued that diplomatic negotiation should continue while a peaceful settlement of the crisis could still be pursued.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Argument against Immediate War

Chamberlain publicly presented continued diplomacy as preferable to entering an immediate war over the unresolved Czechoslovak dispute.

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940

Bad Godesberg Meeting

Chamberlain addressed the British public as Europe prepared for a possible war over Czechoslovakia.

Role range: 1937-1940