Hitler requested the return of the Sudetenland, which was heavily German speaking, at the Munich Conference. The Czechs were against it not because they feared the loss of the territory - it was German speaking and not loyal to Czechoslovakia hence was a liability, but because it was mountainous and their fortifications were there. Once Germany controlled the Sudetenland it was a clear shot to Prague.
Hitler threatened to declare war on Czechoslovakia because the Czech government declared martial law.
The region was the Sudetenland, which was in northern Czechoslovakia. Shortly after the concession, Hitler forced the collapse of the Czech state and assumed control of the rest of the country under a system known as The Protectorate.
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, to be more precise.
The Sudetenland
The Sudetenland
Hitler requested the return of the Sudetenland, which was heavily German speaking, at the Munich Conference. The Czechs were against it not because they feared the loss of the territory - it was German speaking and not loyal to Czechoslovakia hence was a liability, but because it was mountainous and their fortifications were there. Once Germany controlled the Sudetenland it was a clear shot to Prague.
Western border region of Czechoslovakia where about 3 million German-speaking people lived; a second target of Hitler's lebensraum
The Sudetenland
Hitler threatened to declare war on Czechoslovakia because the Czech government declared martial law.
1938
czechoslovakia
The region was the Sudetenland, which was in northern Czechoslovakia. Shortly after the concession, Hitler forced the collapse of the Czech state and assumed control of the rest of the country under a system known as The Protectorate.
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, to be more precise.
Danzig
czechoslovakia
The Sudetenland