Neville Chamberlain. Incidentally, he was Prime Minister of all of the UK, not just England.
He believed that he had a peace pact with Adolf Hitler.
Czechoslovakia, (which was one nation then), was given to Hitler, without asking the Czechs what they thought of the deal. Afterwards, England's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain waved a piece a paper around and proclaimed: "Now, we have peace in our time". A year later, Germany invaded Poland, England declared war on Germany, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister.
In 1939 the president of Ireland was Mr. Douglas Hyde. ( He was in office from 1938 until 1945 )
Neville Chamberlain
September 30, 1938-Munich Conference/Munich Agreement: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French leaders publically appeased Hitler. They allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland the westernmost region of Czechoslovakia and incorporate it into the Reich "for the sake of peace." In exchange for this, Hitler gave his word that Germany would make no further territorial claims in Europe. October 1, 1938-German troops occupy the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia). March 1939- Hitler breaks his Munich Agreement when German troops occupy the remainder of Czechoslovakia.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister in 1938, and attended the Munich Conference.
1938
There were two different Prime Ministers to Belgium in 1939. The Prime Minister from 1938-1939 was Paul-Henri Spaak. The Prime Minister from 1939-1945 was Hubert Pierlot.
The first French prime minister was LΓ©on Blum, who served as Prime Minister of France for the first time from 1936 to 1937 and then again from 1938 to 1940.
Neville Chamberlain in 1938.
William Lyon Mackenzie King was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1939 to 1945This was part of King's 3rd time as Prime Minister of Canada. King was the 10th Prime Minister of Canada from1921 December 29 to 1926 June 281926 September 25 to 1930 August 7, AND1935 October 23 to 1948 November 15
The Queen of the Netherlands is Queen Beatrix Born 31 January 1938 Reigned 30 April 1980 - present and the Prime Minister is Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Christian Democratic Appeal party elected 22 July 2002
I am not sure the name of the pact but The British Prime Minister signed a non-aggression pact with Germany on September 30, 1938
Kurt Schuschnigg (July 29, 1934 - March 11, 1938)Arthur Seyss-Inquart (March 11, 1938 - May 1, 1939)
Neville Chamberlain
British minister who, along with French primier Edouard Daladier, practiced a policy of appeasement toward Hitler