- Summary
- "The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Germany. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September). The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of territorial demands made by Adolf Hitler. The agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Sudetenland was of immense strategic importance to Czechoslovakia, as most of its border defenses were situated there, and many of its banks and heavy industry was located there as well. Because the state of Czechoslovakia was not invited to the conference, it felt betrayed by the United Kingdom and France, so Czechs and Slovaks call the Munich Agreement the Munich Dictate (Czech: Mnichovský diktát; Slovak: Mníchovský diktát). The phrase Munich Betrayal (Czech: Mnichovská zrada; Slovak: Mníchovská zrada) is also used because the military alliance Czechoslovakia had with France and the United Kingdom was not honoured. Today the document is typically referred to simply as the Munich Pact (Mnichovská dohoda)."--Wikipedia.
- Uniform Title
- Munich. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Noguères, Henri, 1916-1990.
- Published
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [1965]
©1965
- Contents
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Introduction
Part One: After Austria, Czechoslovakia
The Austrian dress-rehearsal
Czechoslovakia 1938
The vice tightens
The May crisis
Lord Runciman appears
Priority for Operation Green
Part Two: On the slope
The road to Berchtesgaden
The first surrender
Dramatic events at Godesberg
The great September manoeuvres
Part Three: The rendezvous at Munich
The race against the clock
The invitation to the journey
The four great powers
The agreement
Part Four: "Peace for our time"
"If they knew what they were cheering"
Munich, the last instalment
The balance-sheet
Appendices
1. Joint declaration of the French and British governments to the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, September 19, 1938
2. A personal letter from General Faucher to General Gamelin, September 5, 1938
3. Leon Blum's letter in Le Populaire, September 20, 1938
4. The Munich agreement
5. A personal letter from the Czechoslovak minister, Neczas, to Oreste Rosenfeld, October 8, 1938
6. Further details about the committee of inquiry received from Stefan Osusky.
- Other Authors/Editors
- O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000, translator.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 403-410).
Introduction -- Part One: After Austria, Czechoslovakia -- The Austrian dress-rehearsal -- Czechoslovakia 1938 -- The vice tightens -- The May crisis -- Lord Runciman appears -- Priority for Operation Green -- Part Two: On the slope -- The road to Berchtesgaden -- The first surrender -- Dramatic events at Godesberg -- The great September manoeuvres -- Part Three: The rendezvous at Munich -- The race against the clock -- The invitation to the journey -- The four great powers -- The agreement -- Part Four: "Peace for our time" -- "If they knew what they were cheering" -- Munich, the last instalment -- The balance-sheet -- Appendices -- 1. Joint declaration of the French and British governments to the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, September 19, 1938 -- 2. A personal letter from General Faucher to General Gamelin, September 5, 1938 -- 3. Leon Blum's letter in Le Populaire, September 20, 1938 -- 4. The Munich agreement -- 5. A personal letter from the Czechoslovak minister, Neczas, to Oreste Rosenfeld, October 8, 1938 -- 6. Further details about the committee of inquiry received from Stefan Osusky.
