Adolf Hitler21 May 1938
"It is my unalterable intention to smash Czech by military action in the near future"
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"It is my unalterable intention to smash Czech by military action in the near future"
Says he will only take action against Czech if Britain & France do not intervene
Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland
Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich
Boards Mussolinis train prior to the Munich Conference, discusses invading Czech
German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held. Czech loses 11,000 sqr miles of territory
Sends an emissary but fails to gain support against Germany if Hitler invades Czech
Allied appeasement ends when Germany occupies the remainder of Czech, Bohemia-Moravia
German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. German troops cross the Czech border
Hitler sleps in the Presidential Palace
Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia
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