czechoslovakia had a large ethnically german population
The Sudetenland
He was given permission to take the Sudetenland, part of Austria.
Hitler threatened to declare war on Czechoslovakia because the Czech government declared martial law.
Neville Chamberlaine
1938
czechoslovakia
Permission?!?!?! Hitler was a brutal dictator. Dictators do not ask permission of anyone.
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, to be more precise.
Hitler was able to take over Austria by rearmament and reoccupation of Rhineland and incorporation of Austria. He dismembered the Czech army and occupied with Czechoslovakia with speed and efficiency.
The Sudetenland
czechoslovakia