Eduard Benes29 September 1938
Czechoslovakia was informed by Britain and France that it could either resist Nazi Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations
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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.
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
Signs the Munich Treaty and resigns
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