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The effects
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It marked the end of appeasement
- Hitler could not justify taking Czechoslovakia as it was not a German speaking country
- Hitler could not argue that he was reversing the wrongs of the Treaty of Versailles
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Hitler had proved to Chamberlain that he could not be trusted
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Chamberlain felt upset with Hitler
- This is because he had broken the Munich agreement
- He had also broken the promise that he had personally made with Chamberlain to consult Britain before taking action that led to war
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Lithuania was forced to surrender the province of Memel
- This had a large German population
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Britain did not support Czechoslovakia
- They made a agreement that they would help France defend Poland if Germany invaded them
- Mussolini conquered Albania
- Britain guaranteed the independence of Romania and Greece
- Conscription was introduced in Britain during peace time
- Hitler strengthened his relationship with Mussolini by signing the Pact of Steel
- Hitler withdrew Germany's non-aggression pact of 1934 with Poland and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935
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What Germany gained from invading Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia was rich in resources
- Sudetenland had lots of coal and iron deposits in central Europe
- Europe feared Hitler would slam the Polish corridor shut to join East Prussia