Sudeten Crisis

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The Sudeten Crisis was a 1938 diplomatic and political confrontation in which Nazi Germany demanded and ultimately secured the cession of Czechoslovakia’s predominantly German-speaking border regions, helping pave the way to World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic crisis
political crisis
prelude to World War II
affectedEntity First Czechoslovak Republic NERFINISHED
alternativeName Czechoslovak crisis of 1938 NERFINISHED
concerns German-speaking minority in Czechoslovakia
conflictType international diplomatic confrontation
culminatedIn Munich Agreement NERFINISHED
followedBy Munich Agreement NERFINISHED
hasCause ethnic tensions in Sudetenland
revision of post-World War I borders
territorial claims by Nazi Germany
hasDate September 1938
hasEndTime 1938
hasKeyEvent Munich Conference NERFINISHED
hasLocation Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
Sudetenland NERFINISHED
hasStartTime 1938
historicalPeriod 20th century
involvedCountry Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
involvedLeader Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
Benito Mussolini NERFINISHED
Edvard Beneš NERFINISHED
Neville Chamberlain NERFINISHED
Édouard Daladier NERFINISHED
languageCommunityInvolved German-speaking population
ledTo increased distrust of Nazi Germany in Britain and France
occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939
mainDemand cession of Sudetenland to Germany
opposedBy Czechoslovak government NERFINISHED
partOf events leading to World War II
interwar period
precededBy Anschluss NERFINISHED
relatedAgreement Munich Agreement NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Lebensraum
appeasement
result cession of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany
policy of appeasement toward Hitler
strengthening of Nazi Germany
weakening of Czechoslovakia’s defenses
supportedBy Sudeten German Party NERFINISHED

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