Wwii- the Road to War [Rough Idea]
WWII: The Road to War
In 1939, the world was almost forced into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe, after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938.
The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. It had over 2.5 million speaking German inhabitants, and according to the Treaty of Versailles’s rule of National Self Determination, it should be under German leadership because of this. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between European countries (Mainly England, France, Germany, and Italy). Collective security was a more effective response to aggression than appeasement because more European countries disagreed than agreed with the decision made during the Munich Conference for various reasons, and Germany had many ways of keeping its territories under control in 1939. Preceding the Munich Agreement, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was convinced that war could be avoided in Europe by meeting with Hitler and accepting some of his demands. In 1938 he flew to Germany for a series of negotiations between himself, Hitler, Mussolini, and Premier Daladier of France. Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia as a region of ethnic Germans, desiring to add it to the Reich.
Desperate to avoid war, Britain and France acquiesced to the Nazis, and German troops marched into the Sudetenland in October 1938. In March 1939, Germany occupied the remaining parts of Czechoslovakia, therefore disbanding the Munich Pact. War followed in September, when Poland was invaded. Munich became a symbol of the dangers of appeasement, and Chamberlain was shamed into retirement, replaced by Winston
In 1939, the world was almost forced into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe, after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938.
The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. It had over 2.5 million speaking German inhabitants, and according to the Treaty of Versailles’s rule of National Self Determination, it should be under German leadership because of this. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between European countries (Mainly England, France, Germany, and Italy). Collective security was a more effective response to aggression than appeasement because more European countries disagreed than agreed with the decision made during the Munich Conference for various reasons, and Germany had many ways of keeping its territories under control in 1939. Preceding the Munich Agreement, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was convinced that war could be avoided in Europe by meeting with Hitler and accepting some of his demands. In 1938 he flew to Germany for a series of negotiations between himself, Hitler, Mussolini, and Premier Daladier of France. Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia as a region of ethnic Germans, desiring to add it to the Reich.
Desperate to avoid war, Britain and France acquiesced to the Nazis, and German troops marched into the Sudetenland in October 1938. In March 1939, Germany occupied the remaining parts of Czechoslovakia, therefore disbanding the Munich Pact. War followed in September, when Poland was invaded. Munich became a symbol of the dangers of appeasement, and Chamberlain was shamed into retirement, replaced by Winston