After the Anschluss with Austria, Hitler continued

to intimidate and bully other countries.

 No country was able or willing to stand up to Hitlers

demands to take back all the former territories that
had once belonged to Germany.

 Even Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler

to put off hostilities until they were better prepared
for war.

 British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, met with

Hitler in Munich to work out an agreement on taking
back Sudetenland (northern tip of Czechoslovakia)

However much we may sympathize

with a small nation confronted by a big
and powerful neighbor, we cannot in
all circumstances undertake to involve
the whole British Empire in war simply
on her account.

. . .war is a fearful thing, and we

must be very clear. . . that it is really
the great issues that are at stake. . .

One good thing, at any rate, has

come out of this emergency. It has
thrown a vivid light upon our
preparations for defense, on their
strength and on their weakness. I
should not think we were doing our
duty if we had not already ordered
that a prompt and thorough inquiry
should be made to cover the whole of
our preparations, military and civil, in
order to see, in the light of what has
happened during these hectic days,
what further steps may be necessary
to make good our deficiencies in the

 Chamberlain knew that Britain was unprepared to

defend Czechoslovakia and did his best to APPEASE
Hitler by giving in to some of his demands.

My friends. . .
There has come
back from
Germany peace
with honour. I
believe it is peace
for our time.

 Many have criticized Chamberlain for not taking a

harder stance against Hitler, knowing that he would
never be appeased and would continue to take over
Europe piece by piece.

 Winston Churchill would replace Chamberlain as PM,

as he did not support appeasement and believed
that Britain needed to prepare for war.

An appeaser is one who feeds a

crocodile - hoping it will eat him
last

"Britain and
France had to
choose between
war and
dishonor. They
chose dishonor.
They will have
war.