Violetta Lendich

The subject of the research in this article is the Munich Agreement of 30 September 1938, as well as other directly related documents that characterize the international relations of the pre-war period, in order to clarify the role of this event in the history of Europe and the world. The Munich Agreement is considered a classic example of the manifestation of appeasement policy, which in the late 30-ies of XX century led to an increase in the aggressiveness of Germany and was one of the prerequisites for the start of the Second World War. Precedent has given the leadership of Germany (and personally to Hitler) serious reason to hope that England and France in the future will not respond to the aggressive actions of Germany. This agreement, concluded without the participation of the Czechoslovak leadership, actually led to its section between Germany, Hungary and Poland. Munich Agreement explicitly infringed the interests of the state, did not participate in the negotiations. According to some military historians, the Czechoslovak army would be the one to resist the Wehrmacht could with his arms at that time.