Editing Munich Agreement (section)

===Resolution===

[[File:Münchner abkommen5 en.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Sequence of events following the Munich Agreement:<br />
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1. The Sudetenland became part of Germany in accordance with the Munich Agreement (October 1938).<br />
2. Poland annexes [[Trans-Olza]], an area with a Polish plurality, over which the two countries [[Polish–Czechoslovak War|had fought a war in 1919]] (October 1938).<br />
3. Border areas (southern third of Slovakia and southern [[Carpathian Ruthenia]]) with Hungarian minorities became part of Hungary in accordance with the [[First Vienna Award]] (November 1938).<br />
4. On 15 March 1939, during the German invasion of the remaining Czech territories, Hungary annexes the remainder of [[Carpathian Ruthenia]] (which had been [[Carpatho-Ukraine|autonomous]] since October 1938).<br />
5. Germany establishes the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] with a [[puppet government]], on 16 March 1939.<br /> 6. On 14 March 1939, a pro-Hitler [[Catholic]]-[[fascist]] government declares the [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovak Republic]], as an [[Axis states of World War II|Axis]] [[client state]].]]
[[File:MunichAgreement.jpg|left|thumb|British Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] after landing at [[Heston Aerodrome]] following his meeting with [[Adolf Hitler]]]]

Discussions began at the [[Führerbau]] immediately after Chamberlain and Daladier arrived, giving them little time to consult. The meeting was held in [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], and [[German language|German]].<ref name=Reynolds /> A deal was reached on 29 September, and at about 1:30&nbsp;a.m. on 30 September 1938,{{sfn|Gilbert|Gott|1999|p=178}} [[Adolf Hitler]], Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement. The agreement was officially introduced by Mussolini although in fact the Italian plan was nearly identical to the Godesberg proposal: the German army was to complete the [[occupation of the Sudetenland]] by 10 October, and an international commission would decide the future of other disputed areas.<ref name="auto1">Susan Bindoff Butterworth, "Daladier and the Munich crisis: A reappraisal." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 9.3 (1974): 191–216.</ref>

Czechoslovakia was informed by Britain and France that it could either resist Nazi Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations. The Czechoslovak government, realizing the hopelessness of fighting the Nazis alone, reluctantly capitulated (30 September) and agreed to abide by the agreement. The settlement gave Germany the Sudetenland starting 10 October, and ''de facto'' control over the rest of Czechoslovakia as long as Hitler promised to go no further. On 30 September after some rest, Chamberlain went to Hitler's apartment in the [[Prinzregentenstraße (Munich)|Prinzregentenstraße]] and asked him to sign a statement calling the [[Anglo-German Naval Agreement]] "symbolic of the desire of our two countries never to go to war with one another again." After Hitler's interpreter translated it for him, he happily agreed.<ref name=Reynolds />

On 30 September, upon his return to Britain, Chamberlain delivered his controversial "[[peace for our time]]" speech to crowds in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/peacetime.html|title=Peacetime|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
[[File:The Führerbau.jpg|thumb|The [[Führerbau]] in Munich, site of the Munich Agreement]]
[[File:Hitler's office in the Führerbau.JPG|thumb|Present-day view of Hitler's office in the Führerbau where the Munich Agreement was signed, with the original fireplace and ceiling lamp]]