If Britain had stood up in Munich in 1938...
“You have only to look at the map to see that nothing we could do could possibly save Czechoslovakia from being overrun by the Germans.” Chamberlain, writing to his sister in 1938
History is filled with ‘ifs’ and ‘buts.’ Every country’s history has its share of ifs & buts. But there are some that decide the fate of the humanity. One such is: What would have been the shape of world if Neville Chamberlain had not appeased Hitler in his fledgling days. No wonder, like all ifs, buts too have trailed this question. However, there has been a sort of consensus among the historians that Chamberlain’s act was indeed an act of appeasement; however, historians vary on the possible reasons why he did so.
When Adolf Hitler got hold of the reign of Berlin, he desired to amalgamate all Germans into one Reich. In September 1938 after conquering Rhine valley and Austria, he turned his thought to Sudetenland, the German majority region of Czechoslovakia. Hitler ordered the mobilisation of troops along the Czech border. Earlier Hitler had already made all known about his repudiation to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. In these circumstances, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to meet Hitler at three occasions at his private mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden and in Munich in an effort to resolve the Czechoslovakia question. At Munich, Chamberlain midwifed an international agreement that Hitler should have the Sudetenland in lieu for Germany making no additional claims in Europe. Chamberlain was quoted as saying that it was “Peace in our time.”
“You have only to look at the map to see that nothing we could do could possibly save Czechoslovakia from being overrun by the Germans.” Chamberlain, writing to his sister in 1938
History is filled with ‘ifs’ and ‘buts.’ Every country’s history has its share of ifs & buts. But there are some that decide the fate of the humanity. One such is: What would have been the shape of world if Neville Chamberlain had not appeased Hitler in his fledgling days. No wonder, like all ifs, buts too have trailed this question. However, there has been a sort of consensus among the historians that Chamberlain’s act was indeed an act of appeasement; however, historians vary on the possible reasons why he did so.
When Adolf Hitler got hold of the reign of Berlin, he desired to amalgamate all Germans into one Reich. In September 1938 after conquering Rhine valley and Austria, he turned his thought to Sudetenland, the German majority region of Czechoslovakia. Hitler ordered the mobilisation of troops along the Czech border. Earlier Hitler had already made all known about his repudiation to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. In these circumstances, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to meet Hitler at three occasions at his private mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden and in Munich in an effort to resolve the Czechoslovakia question. At Munich, Chamberlain midwifed an international agreement that Hitler should have the Sudetenland in lieu for Germany making no additional claims in Europe. Chamberlain was quoted as saying that it was “Peace in our time.”
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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