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About Munich

The Munich Agreement or Munich Betrayal (German: Münchner Abkommen, Münchener Verrat) was an agreement permitting Nazi Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938. It is also known as the Hitler-Chamberlain Pact (Hitler-Chamberlain-Pakt). The agreement was signed by German dictator Adolf Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on 30 September 1938 in the early hours of 30 September at about 1:30 am after a day of negotiations at Bad Godesberg, near Bonn. The conference had started on 29 September with discussions between Hitler and French President Édouard Daladier; they were joined by Chamberlain and Italian leader Benito Mussolini on 2 October.