Question

Chamberlain left the Third Munich Conference believing that he had achieved peace and avoided war. Hitler was intent on invading Poland and Czechoslovakia; he had failed British citizens and provoked invasion. Negotiations were a complete failure and war was coming.

a) True
b) False

Answer 1

The statement is false; Chamberlain believed he had secured peace through the Munich Pact, which proved incorrect when Hitler proceeded with further aggression, leading to World War II.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement is false. Chamberlain left the Munich Conference optimistic that he had secured peace through appeasement. Despite the agreement at the Munich Conference, Hitler had further territorial ambitions that went beyond the annexation of the Sudetenland, culminating in the invasion of Poland and triggering World War II.

The Munich Pact signed on September 29, 1938, was an effort by Britain and France to prevent war through the policy of appeasement, allowing Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Celebrated by Chamberlain as ensuring "peace for our time," the agreement was initially welcomed. However, the pact failed to satisfy Hitler's expansionist ambitions; by March 1939, he seized the rest of Czechoslovakia, and in September 1939, he invaded Poland. Winston Churchill was among those who criticized the appeasement policy, prophesying that honor was sacrificed for a peace that would not hold.