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Munich Conference

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The Munich Conference, also known as the Munich Agreement, was a meeting held in Munich, Germany in September 1938. The conference was called to address the escalating tension between Germany and the Allied powers over the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia with a significant ethnic German population.

German leader Adolf Hitler demanded the Sudetenland be annexed to Germany, and threatened military action if his demands were not met. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier, Italian leader Benito Mussolini, and Hitler met at the conference to negotiate a resolution to the crisis.

The resulting Munich Agreement allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland in exchange for Hitler's promise of no further territorial expansion. Chamberlain famously declared upon his return to Britain that the agreement had secured "peace for our time." However, the Munich Agreement ultimately failed to prevent World War II, as Hitler continued to expand his territorial ambitions in Europe.

The Munich Conference is often seen as a symbol of appeasement and the failure of diplomacy to prevent aggression and war.