Answer to Question #157105 in History for Chris

Question

Title of Image: Meeting of Goring, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Hitler, Daladier, and others in Munich. Look up image to answer questions.

1. How is the meeting depicted in this image connected to the Treaty of Versailles?
2. How is the meeting depicted in this image connected to Nazi invasion of Poland?

Answer 1

1.      The meeting is depicted ways in which differences among the leaders in the meeting could be solved to achieve peace. Peace was the main aim of Versailles treaty hence the meeting was a way in which the treaty could be signed by the leaders who were present in the meeting, Hitler inclusive since he was allowed to seize Sudetenland to avoid defiance against Versailles treaty.

2.      The meeting permitted Germany’s annexation of Sudetenland and thereafter, Munich agreement allowed German territory in Czechoslovakia to be handed to Germany leading Nazi attack in Poland.