1938 At the end of April, Chamberlain invited French Prime Minister Daladier to London for talks to persuade Daladier to yield to Germany and made it clear that Britain would not fight for Czechoslovakia.
1938 In May, Hitler assembled his troops on the German-Czech border and threatened war, which led to the so-called "May Crisis". After the "May Crisis", Nazi Germany strengthened its military strength, threatened war and blackmailed Britain and France. At the same time, Hitler hypocritically announced to Chamberlain that Germany would be prepared to reach a broad agreement with Britain if the British government met Germany's demands on the Czech Republic.
1On September 5th, 938, Chamberlain, who had never been on an airplane, flew to Germany for talks with Hitler. Hitler raised the question whether Britain wanted to cede Sudetenland.
1938 18 In September, the heads of state and foreign ministers of Britain and France agreed in London that "all territories with a population of more than 50% of Sudeten Germans will be directly transferred to the German Empire". After the talks between Britain and Germany, Chamberlain told reporters: "Britain and France will not send troops to help, and Czechoslovakia cannot exist as it is now. For the sake of peace, Britain agreed to let Sudetenland' autonomy'. " Chamberlain simply ignored the strong opposition of Czechoslovakia people. 1On September 22nd, 938, he flew to Gothenburg again to meet Hitler. But this meeting showed that Hitler had a new appetite and put forward new demands, that is, within a few days, Germany occupied the Sudetenland militarily, all other German-speaking areas in Czechoslovakia were merged into Germany, and the areas where Poland and Hungary lived were ceded to Poland and Hungary. Hitler's deadline for Chamberlain was 1938, 10, 1, which completely solved these problems. After two days of bargaining, Chamberlain flew back to London with a "memorandum" listing Germany's requirements and a map marked "New Border" of Czechoslovakia. At this time, a protest movement demanding Chamberlain's stepping down and opposing the betrayal of Czechoslovakia's interests was widely launched in Britain. On September 25th, the Czechoslovak government also rejected the Gothenburg Memorandum. As a result, Britain and France had to take secret commercial countermeasures again.
1938 On September 26th, Hitler was in Berlin Gymnasium. He shouted angrily: "If the Sudetenland has not been handed over to Germany on 1 year1October 30th, I, Hitler, will be the first soldier to enter the Czech Republic." At the same time, he ordered the Germans to prepare for the "green plan" on September 30.
1On the evening of September 27th, 938, Hitler sent a letter to Chamberlain by express telegram, asking him to continue his efforts to "bring the Prague government to its senses at this last moment" and proposed "negotiations" with the Czechoslovak government. Chamberlain, who was keen on appeasement policy, regarded Hitler's letter as a lifeline and immediately wrote back to Hitler, suggesting inviting representatives of France and Italy to attend the proposed international conference.
In order to rescue Chamberlain and Daladier, American President Roosevelt wrote two letters with the same content to Hitler and Czechoslovakia President Benaiser respectively, calling on them to continue negotiations in order to "solve controversial issues peacefully, justly and constructively". At the same time, American President Roosevelt, in a secret letter to Mussolini in Italy, asked him to "help continue his efforts to reach an agreement on controversial issues through negotiations or other peaceful means without resorting to force".
1On the morning of September 28th, 938, the French ambassador to Germany met with Hitler according to the instructions of his government and made a suggestion: "Why do you take that risk when your main requirements can be met without war?" This is exactly what Hitler wanted. In the afternoon, Hitler decided to send invitations to Britain, France and Italy, asking them to meet in Munich the next day to negotiate and solve the Czechoslovakia problem.
193812: On September 29th, 1945, the Munich Conference was formally held, and the "Italian Proposal" became the basic clause of the Munich Agreement.