Eduard Benes1 October 1938
Signs the Munich Treaty and resigns
Czech Republic · Government / Government of Czech Rep. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
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
Benes resigns as President and Gottwald succeeds him as President
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