Munich Agreement: The Signature of the De Facto Beginning of World War II

On September 30th, 1938, the Munich Agreement was ratified. They didn’t stop World War II from starting, but they had major repercussions for Czechoslovakia.

By Hrothsige Frithowulf

Published: October 25, 2022

In 1938, just before they signed the Munich Agreement, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (left) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (third from left) met in Munich, Germany.