Czechoslovakia’s leader ⇒ Edvard Benes ⇒ was horrified ⇒ by Anschluss ⇒ felt that his country would be the next target on Hitler’s list Benes ⇒ asked for and received ⇒ promises from Britain and France that they would protect him country against Hitler
Hitler ⇒ was indeed interested ⇒ in Czechoslovakia ⇒ because Sudetenland region of the country was largely populated by Germans. ⇒ there was a small but active Nazi Party in Sudetenland. Similar to what he had done in Austria > Hitler encouraged Nazis ⇒ to stir up trouble in the Sudetenland + and demand to Join Germany may 1938 ⇒ Hitler claimed to protect the Sudeten Germans ⇒ and threatened to invade if Czechoslovakia ⇒ did not hand over Sudetenland Crisis Talks - Agreement at Munich, 1939 Reactions to the Munich Agreement