Sudeten Crisis

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The Sudeten Crisis was a 1938 diplomatic and political confrontation in which Nazi Germany demanded and ultimately secured the cession of Czechoslovakia’s predominantly German-speaking border regions, helping pave the way to World War II.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sudeten Crisis canonical 3
Munich Crisis 2
Czechoslovak crisis of 1938 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic crisis
political crisis
prelude to World War II
affectedEntity First Czechoslovak Republic
alternativeName Czechoslovak crisis of 1938
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
concerns German-speaking minority in Czechoslovakia
conflictType international diplomatic confrontation
culminatedIn Munich Agreement
followedBy Munich Agreement
hasCause ethnic tensions in Sudetenland
revision of post-World War I borders
territorial claims by Nazi Germany
hasDate September 1938
hasEndTime 1938
hasKeyEvent Munich Conference
linked to: Munich Agreement
hasLocation Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
hasStartTime 1938
historicalPeriod 20th century
involvedCountry Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
Nazi Germany
United Kingdom
involvedLeader Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Edvard Beneš
Neville Chamberlain
Édouard Daladier
languageCommunityInvolved German-speaking population
ledTo increased distrust of Nazi Germany in Britain and France
occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939
mainDemand cession of Sudetenland to Germany
opposedBy Czechoslovak government
partOf events leading to World War II
interwar period
precededBy Anschluss
relatedAgreement Munich Agreement
relatedConcept Lebensraum
appeasement
result cession of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany
policy of appeasement toward Hitler
strengthening of Nazi Germany
weakening of Czechoslovakia’s defenses
supportedBy Sudeten German Party

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Referenced by (7)

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Parliament of 1935–1945 significantEvent Munich Crisis
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Polish ultimatum to Czechoslovakia partOf Munich Crisis
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Hossbach Memorandum relatedTo Sudeten Crisis
Sudeten Crisis alternativeName Czechoslovak crisis of 1938
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax notableEvent Munich Crisis of 1938
subject linked to: Frederick Lindley
linked to: Sudeten Crisis