Munich Agreement

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appeasement policy milestone diplomatic treaty international agreement

The Munich Agreement was a 1938 settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, long regarded as a prime example of failed appeasement before World War II.

Aliases (10)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appeasement policy milestone → diplomatic treaty → international agreement →
affectedCountry	Czechoslovakia →
aimedToPrevent	outbreak of war in Europe →
alsoKnownAs	Munich Betrayal → Munich Pact →
beneficiaryCountry	Germany →
consideredByHistoriansAs	short-term postponement of war →
countrySignedIn	Germany →
dateSigned	1938-09-30 →
excludedCountry	Czechoslovakia → Soviet Union →
followedBy	First Vienna Award → German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia →
historicalPeriod	interwar period → prelude to World War II →
involvedRegion	Sudetenland →
involvedState	Czechoslovakia → France → Italy → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom →
languageOfDocument	English → French → German → Italian →
ledTo	strengthening of German strategic position in Central Europe → weakening of Czechoslovak defenses →
legalStatusAfterWWII	repudiated →
permittedAnnexationOf	Sudetenland →
placeSigned	Munich →
policyContext	appeasement →
precededEvent	German occupation of the Sudetenland → German occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia → World War II →
regardedAs	diplomatic failure → symbol of failed appeasement →
resultedInTerritorialLossOf	Czechoslovakia →
signatoryCountry	France → Germany → Italy → United Kingdom →
signatoryLeader	Adolf Hitler → Benito Mussolini → Neville Chamberlain → Édouard Daladier →
signedBy	Adolf Hitler → Benito Mussolini → Neville Chamberlain → Édouard Daladier →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fall Weiss ("German annexation of Czechoslovakia") → German occupation of Czechoslovakia → German occupation of Czechoslovakia ("Annexation of Sudetenland") → September Campaign ("Munich Crisis") →	precededBy
Anschluss of Austria → remilitarization of the Rhineland →	followedBy
Czechoslovak Army ("Munich crisis") → Nazi Germany →	notableEvent
Chamberlain government → Neville Chamberlain →	signed
Franco-Polish alliance →	affectedBy
Munich Agreement ("Munich Pact") →	alsoKnownAs
Sudetenland →	annexationEvent
Munich Betrayal ("1938 Munich Agreement") →	associatedWithEvent
German occupation of Czechoslovakia ("Munich Agreement of 1938") →	cause
German occupation of Czechoslovakia ("German annexation of the Sudetenland") →	hasPart
Chamberlain government ("Sudeten Crisis") →	involvedInEvent
Sudetenland →	keyAgreementInvolving
Neville Chamberlain →	knownFor
National Government coalition ("Munich Agreement of 1938") →	notableEventDuringTenure
Édouard Daladier →	notableWork
Czechoslovak foreign ministry-in-exile →	opposedTo
Lord Irwin ("Munich crisis") →	participatedIn
Munich Betrayal →	refersTo
Munich Betrayal ("Sudetenland crisis") →	relatedConcept
Sudeten Germans →	relatedEvent
First Vienna Award →	relatedTo
Édouard Daladier →	signatoryTo
Czechoslovakia →	significantEvent
Second Czechoslovak Republic government →	startEvent
Franco-Czechoslovak alliance →	underminedBy