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Chamberlain and the Munich Conference

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Neville Chamberlain knew that Britain wasn’t prepared for war with Adolf Hitler over Czechoslovakia. However, his hopes of a peaceful agreement faltered when Hitler upped his demands at the second meeting of the Munich Conference in 1938.

Classroom Ideas

The clip could prompt further study of Neville Chamberlain. How does posterity differ from opinion of him at the time? Produce a spider diagram that describes his motivation for continued appeasement.

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