20 Sep 1938
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
- Sudeten Nazi leader Konrad Henlein urged Slovakians to demand autonomy with greater vigor. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | Konrad Henlein | CPC]
- At 1030 hours, Czechoslovakian military mobilized. At 1700 hours, Czechoslovakian President Edvard Beneš rejected the British-French suggestion for Czechoslovakia to cede Sudetenland to Germany; going further, Beneš asked the French whether France would honor the alliance in the case of a German invasion. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | Edvard Beneš | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler pressed the Hungarians to assert greater demands on Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | Adolf Hitler | CPC]
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