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The Munich Agreement was a treaty signed by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany, on September 30, 1938. The agreement promised not to go to war with one another and was seen as a victory for Chamberlain. However, the agreement did not stop the Nazi's from expanding their territory and eventually leading to World War II.
On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As he disembarked from the aircraft, he held aloft a piece of paper, which contained the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with one another again. He had returned bringing Peace with honourPeace for our time.
Drawing on a wealth of archival material, acclaimed historian David Faber delivers a sweeping reassessment of the extraordinary events of 1938, tracing the key incidents leading up to the Munich Conference and its immediate aftermath: Lord Halifaxs ill-fated meeting with Hitler; Chamberlains secret discussions with Mussolini; and the Berlin scandal that rocked Hitlers regime. He takes us to Vienna, to the Sudentenland, and to Prague. In Berlin, we witness Hitler inexorably preparing for war, even in the face of opposition from his own generals; in London, we watch as Chamberlain makes one supreme effort after another to appease Hitler.
Resonating with an insiders feel for the political infighting Faber uncovers,
Munich, 1938 transports us to the war rooms and bunkers, revealing the covert negotiations and
scandals upon which the worlds fate would rest. It is modern history writing at its best.
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