Neville Chamberlain, the prime minister of Great Britain, came to power in May of 1937. His only plan of action was to appease Hitler. Taking advantage of this, Hitler annexed Austria on March 13th, 1938, followed by a demand to regain a part of Czechoslovakia, called the Sudetenland, under German rule.
In an attempt to stifle another war, Chamberlain flew to Hitler's home, to appease him, with which Hitler replied with higher demands. Mussolini of Italy, Edouard Daladier of France, and Chamberlain met with Hitler on September 28th, 1938 in Munich. At the Munich Conference, these leaders discussed the annexation of Czechoslovakia without either the Czechs nor the Soviets (allies of Czechoslovakia) present. The German annexation of the Sudetenland as well as other areas of Czechoslovakia was agreed upon, in which Chamberlain commented that this agreement and use of appeasement cause permanent "peace in our time".
In an attempt to stifle another war, Chamberlain flew to Hitler's home, to appease him, with which Hitler replied with higher demands. Mussolini of Italy, Edouard Daladier of France, and Chamberlain met with Hitler on September 28th, 1938 in Munich. At the Munich Conference, these leaders discussed the annexation of Czechoslovakia without either the Czechs nor the Soviets (allies of Czechoslovakia) present. The German annexation of the Sudetenland as well as other areas of Czechoslovakia was agreed upon, in which Chamberlain commented that this agreement and use of appeasement cause permanent "peace in our time".
Chamberlain couldn't have been more wrong. After Germany's taking of Czechoslovakia, Great Britain and France stocked up for war, increasing the production of arms. On March 31st, 1939, Neville Chamberlain announced Britain's support of Poland in their struggle with Germany over the Polish Corridor. France joined soon after. Britain also announced the protection of other small nations/states from Axis aggression.
In August, a nonaggression pact was made between Germany and the Soviet Union, surprising because of the preexisting Czech-Soviet alliance. This gave Hitler just what he needed: a free pass to annex territory in the east without the fear of Soviet intervention. This provided for the division of Poland between the two. Poland started to prepare, stocking up on arms, as Hitler became more and more adamant with his demands. Europe prepared itself for the war to come.
Winston Churchill, a military man with strong resistance to the Allies's current strategy of appeasement, was elected as prime minister to replace Chamberlain, and, working with President Roosevelt of the United States, approved the Lend Lease Act, which allowed the buying of armaments and war supplies through the United States to Britain. The war was in full swing, and with Churchill, Roosevelt, and a few other world leaders, it was led to an eventual end in 1945 after warring on both the European front and the Japanese front.
In August, a nonaggression pact was made between Germany and the Soviet Union, surprising because of the preexisting Czech-Soviet alliance. This gave Hitler just what he needed: a free pass to annex territory in the east without the fear of Soviet intervention. This provided for the division of Poland between the two. Poland started to prepare, stocking up on arms, as Hitler became more and more adamant with his demands. Europe prepared itself for the war to come.
Winston Churchill, a military man with strong resistance to the Allies's current strategy of appeasement, was elected as prime minister to replace Chamberlain, and, working with President Roosevelt of the United States, approved the Lend Lease Act, which allowed the buying of armaments and war supplies through the United States to Britain. The war was in full swing, and with Churchill, Roosevelt, and a few other world leaders, it was led to an eventual end in 1945 after warring on both the European front and the Japanese front.