The Sudetenland crisis began at the beginning of 1938 and chamberlain flew out to meet Hitler on September the 15th.
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The Sudetenland
The Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1938 was caused by unrest among the Germans forced to live under rule of another country in the Sudetenland. These Germans were receiving support from Adolph Hitler while the Czech government was trying to quell their effort for independence.
In 1938, 28.8% of the Sudetenland population were Germans.
in 1938, Britain and France signed the Munich pact with Germany and Italy. The pact permitted German annexation of border areas of Czechoslovakia (sudetenland).
Hitler believed that there was a vast majority of Sudeten Germans in the Sudeten Land, and that by taking over it he was only complying with Wilson's idea of self-determination. He also thought that if in a later war he were to be attacked by the Russians that it would act as a first line of defence. Also by taking over Czechoslovakia he would be that one step closer to Poland and his policy of expanding East.