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Treaty of Munich

France · Government / Government of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1938Date range
3Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1938

Georges Bonnet18 September 1938

London · Government / Government of France

Bonnet supported Anglo-French proposals intended to avert war through territorial concessions by Czechoslovakia.

Edouard Daladier18 September 1938

London · Government / Government of France

Daladier joined British ministers in developing proposals to transfer German-majority areas of Czechoslovakia.

Edouard Daladier24 September 1938

Paris · Government / Government of France

Daladier rejected Germany's demand for immediate military occupation and supported French precautionary mobilization.

Edouard Daladier29 September 1938

Munich · Government / Government of France

Daladier represented France at the conference and accepted the transfer of the Sudetenland to Germany.

Edouard Daladier30 September 1938

Munich · Government / Government of France

Daladier signed the agreement requiring Czechoslovakia to evacuate designated Sudeten territories.

Edouard Daladier30 September 1938

Paris · Government / Government of France

Daladier returned to Paris and received a large public welcome despite his doubts about the agreement.

Leon Blum1938

Munich · Government / Government of France

Signs the Treaty of Munich. Argues France cannot help Austria, Poland or Czech

Names involved

Edouard DaladierGeorges BonnetLeon Blum

Provenance

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