What is the Munich Crisis?

Question

can you give me an exact definition on what it is, and why it is important? thanks

Answer 1

You need to explain at least 2 Munich crisis. The first one was in March 1938 over the occupation of Czekoslovakia. The second one was the killing of 5 members of the Israeli Olympic team in 1972 after being held hostage by terrorists.
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It was the beginning of the war.
Crisis over Czechoslovakia:
March - September 1938
There is so much written on this topic.This site contains a collection of key documents and other materials relating to the "Munich crisis" of 1938. The documents reflect the attitude of Nazi Germany towards Czechoslovakia and the development of the British response to the rising international tension in Central Europe culminating in the Munich Agreement.
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On Thursday, September 29, the four powers, Germany, England, France and Italy met in Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia. Hitler & Mussolini preparing to meet Deladier & ChamberlainAfter about eight hours, an agreement was signed. The joint paper in effect still stated that Germany would take over the Sudetenland, but more slowly. On October 1, German troops would come in to occupy the most German areas. Then each day additional movements would take place under jurisdiction of the four powers who would determine just how much territory was to be ceded. The less German areas would hold a plebiscite to determine if they want to stay a part of the Reich. Additional settlements were made over claims from Hungary and Poland. Czechoslovakia in effect had been carved up and was much smaller than previously, a much weaker state. Hitler had won.

By March 15th, 1939, through manipulations of the weakened Czech government, Hitler would peacefully occupy all of the country.

Later that year, Hitler would invade Poland and Britain and France would declare war on Germany.

Answer 2

In 1938 Hitler was threstening to invade Czechoslovakia and start WWII . Munich Crisis is a document that reflect the attitude of Nazi Germany toward Czechoslovakia and developement of the British response to the rising international tension in Central Europe Culmating in the Munich Agreement.

Answer 3

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In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister, met Adolf Hitler at his home in Berchtesgaden. Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia unless Britain supported Germany's plans to takeover the Sudetenland. After discussing the issue with the Edouard Daladier (France) and Eduard Benes (Czechoslovakia), Chamberlain informed Hitler that his proposals were unacceptable.

Adolf Hitler was in a difficult situation but he also knew that Britain and France were unwilling to go to war. He also thought it unlikely that these two countries would be keen to join up with the Soviet Union, whose totalitarian system the western democracies hated more that Hitler's fascist dictatorship.

Benito Mussolini suggested to Hitler that one way of solving this issue was to hold a four-power conference of Germany, Britain, France and Italy. This would exclude both Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, and therefore increasing the possibility of reaching an agreement and undermine the solidarity that was developing against Germany.

The meeting took place in Munich on 29th September, 1938. Desperate to avoid war, and anxious to avoid an alliance with Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier agreed that Germany could have the Sudetenland. In return, Hitler promised not to make any further territorial demands in Europe.

On 29th September, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier and Benito Mussolini signed the Munich Agreement which transferred the Sudetenland to Germany.

When Eduard Benes, Czechoslovakia's head of state, protested at this decision, Neville Chamberlain told him that Britain would be unwilling to go to war over the issue of the Sudetenland.

The Munich Agreement was popular with most people in Britain because it appeared to have prevented a war with Germany. However, some politicians, including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, attacked the agreement. These critics pointed out that no only had the British government behaved dishonorably, but it had lost the support of Czech Army, one of the best in Europe.

In March, 1939, the German Army seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. In taking this action Adolf Hitler had broken the Munich Agreement. The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, now realized that Hitler could not be trusted and his appeasement policy now came to an end.

Answer 4

It was 1972 Summer Olympics. It was important because it made the World Relize that even the Peaceful Olympics could be a target for terror.

Munich also made the European Nation beef up their anti terror training and so gave the Germans and Brits the best anti terror tactical teams in the World.

Answer 5

It was the prelude to ww2 in 1938

Answer 6

I believe it refers to the massacre of Israeli athletes by terrorists at the Olympics in that city in 1992.

Answer 7

Was 1972 when Israel Olympic atheletes were all killed