Peace in Our Time: German Aggression and the Failure of Appeasement

In March 1938, Germany declared its annexation of Austria.  Soon after, Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a heavy German population, also be added to the Reich.  On 15 September, Hitler met with the leaders of Great Britain and France, signing the Munich Agreement, in which the western Allies formally recognized Hitler’s territorial expansion. Hitler declared the Sudetenland to be “the last territorial demand I have to make in Europe.”  But was it?  Join Sean and James and you will find out!