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There is a great controversy surrounding the Munich Pact and the appeasement of Hitler. Some historians argue that Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Germany's fuhrer was a great mistake; while others suggest that the British Prime Minister made the right decision in a difficult situation. Looking at the Munich Conference from an historical point of view, it is clear that the best solution would have been British military intervention in Czechoslovakia. However it is unfair to judge Chamberlain's decision without putting ourselves in his place. Perhaps with his limited knowledge (limited in the sense of not knowing everything about the German situation) and the state of Britain, he did not make a mistake in signing the Munich Pact. In September of 1938, the four powers of Western Europe (Britain, France, Germany, and Italy) met at Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia. Hitler wanted the annexation of the Sudetenland (west end of Czechoslovakia, bordering Germany), arguing that the three million Germans living in this area desired to live in their native country. On September 30, Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, and Mussolini signed the Munich Pact, allowing the Sudetenland to come under German rule, with Hitler's promise
It is so easy to ridicule decisions made in the past. We have at our fingertips volumes of information that the likes of Chamberlain never had access to. It cannot be disputed that Britain (and the world) would have been better off having stopped Hitler at the Czech border rather than appeasing him and giving him the opportunity to continue his conquest of a great German empire. However, at the time, keeping British interests in mind, it appears that Chamberlain may have made the right decision. What would historians today say if British troops were sent to protect the Sudetenland and came home in coffins? This was a scenario Chamberlain had to consider. With it and other British interests in mind, he made the right decision at the time. As a politician, Chamberlain always had to keep in mind what his people wanted and British interests. For the short term that is exactly what he did by signing the Munich Pact. At the time of the conference, Britain had scarcely begun to rearm and was in no position to fight a single battle let alone a war. Appeasement gave the British time for rearmament and to prepare herself for war. Looking at the situation in another way, Britain did not even care that much about the status of Czechoslovakia. Why would the British concern themselves with a non-English speaking country east of Germany? Even if Britain had an army ready for war, Chamberlain pro
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