Practice question · Numerical answer
In which year was the Munich agreement signed, transferring the Sudetenland to Germany?
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- It is the same year as the Anschluss with Austria.
- Nineteen thirty-eight.
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1938
Why
1938, in September, six months after the Anschluss and six before the occupation of Prague. The compression matters: the agreement that was presented as a settlement was overtaken within half a year, which is why it became the standard example of a concession that purchased nothing.
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