Practice question · Multiple choice
Germany occupied the remainder of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939, six months after Munich. Why is that step usually treated as the moment British policy changed?
Hints
- Munich rested on a principle about who the disputed populations were.
- Ask what happens to that principle when the next territory taken is Czech.
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B. It seized non-German-speaking land, disproving claims that demands were national
Why
Munich was defensible to its supporters as the last application of national self-determination, the Sudetenland was German-speaking. Taking Prague could not be described that way, which removed the framework within which further concessions could be justified. The guarantee to Poland followed within a fortnight.
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