Hitler Visits Czechoslovakia

Hitler visited Czechoslovakia twice in 1938-1939. The first occasion was a series of one-day visits in early October 1938, after Germany had annexed the Sudetenland. This region of Bohemia, running along the German border and stretching for several miles into Czechoslovakia, had long been settled by ethnic Germans and had been part of Austria until 1919. These Sudeten Germans lived as their German neighbours across the border, speaking German and living in places with German names. After the economic recovery of Germany in the 1930s, the Sudeten Germans clamoured to become part of the Reich. Accordingly, Hitler made a treaty with England, France, and Italy on 30 September 1938 ( The Munich Agreement, after which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made his famous "peace in our time" statement), which gave the Sudetenland to Germany. The next day German troops entered the region, followed by Hitler's entourage, all being greeted by ecstatic crowds of Sudeten Germans.

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