The Sudetenland
The Sudetenland.
czechoslovakia had a large ethnically german population
1938
Hitler conquered Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium during 1939 and 1940.
The Munich Conference was held to address Germany's threat to Czechoslovakia. It resulted in the Munich Agreement, which gave Hitler control over Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Before the German Army entered Czechoslovakia, the President of the country had fled to England and set up a government in exile, and the Slovaks had split off and become a separate country that was allies with the Germans. There was no Czechoslovakia left by the time the German troops entered the country. At the same time that German troops entered the former country of Czechoslovakia, there were also Polish and Hungarian troops that marched in because they wanted to take back their lands that had been part of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Czech part of the country became a German protectorate and the Polish and Hungarian land in the former Czechoslovakia became part of Poland and Hungary. The Sudentenland had already been given to Germany at the Munich conference because there were 3.5 million Germans in that area. So the answer to this question is that there was no surrender.
Hitler requested the return of the Sudetenland, which was heavily German speaking, at the Munich Conference. The Czechs were against it not because they feared the loss of the territory - it was German speaking and not loyal to Czechoslovakia hence was a liability, but because it was mountainous and their fortifications were there. Once Germany controlled the Sudetenland it was a clear shot to Prague.
Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland as they all held German speaking people and one of Hitler's aims in foreign policy was to unite all German speaking people under German rule.
Western border region of Czechoslovakia where about 3 million German-speaking people lived; a second target of Hitler's lebensraum
czechoslovakia had a large ethnically german population
I presume you're speaking of the Sudetenland. At least, that's what the Germans called it; the Czechs and Slovaks called it Sudety.
Adolf Hitler
1938
Sudetenland was very important to Hitler as it contained roughly 3 million German speaking people. Since, Hitler believed in Anschluss ( reuniting all German speaking), this is why Sudetenland very important to him. Furthermore, Sudetenland is very ( and I mean very) important for Czechoslovakia as it contained their industries. So, losing Sudetenland means losing their industries as well as their defense.
There is an answer already for this.What_european_countries_did_germany_conquer_during_world_war_2It started off with Hitler annexing Austria with Germany through verbal agreement; thus, being non-violent. Also, Hitler was guaranteed the Sudetenland districts of Czechoslovakia that bordered Germany in the Munich Conference, which was attended by Adolf Hitler of Germany, Benito Mussolini of Italy, Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, and Edouard Daladier of France. This was the last of Hitler's "peaceful" conquering of European nations. On September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Western Poland and conquered it very quickly. To make a long story short, Hitler and Nazi Germany had conquered (in order) Austria, Sudetenland districts of Czechoslovakia, Poland, the rest of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Baltic states, Belarus, and Ukraine of the Soviet Union, as well as territories in Northern Africa.
Austria
Hitler conquered Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium during 1939 and 1940.
Czechoslovakia doesn't speak German. Not like other country Germany had been to, Czechoslovakia speaks several languages This first answer is accurate in terms of annexing all of the Republic of Czechoslovakia, however the order of Business for Hitler at the 1938 Munich Conference was to annex the Sudetenland portion of the country. The population there was dominated by German speaking, former Austrian people. Based on propaganda by Hitler, these people were inclined to become part of "greater Germany". The problem with the Munich Conference was that the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia was not invited. The conference had the leaders of the UK, France, Italy and of course the 'host" Adolph Hitler.