On this day, 87 years ago, September 30, 1938 (August 7, 1938 in the lunar calendar), the Munich Agreement was signed to betray the Czech Republic. Representatives of the four countries participating in the signing of the Munich Agreement. Front row, from left: British Prime Minister Chamberlain, French Prime Minister Daladier, and Hitler, Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Ciano signed the Munich Agreement to betray the Czech Republic on September 30, 1938. Slovakia is located in the center of Europe. It not only has a very important strategic position, but also has a developed military industry and rich mineral resources. Germany has long been salivating about it. There are 3 million Germans in the Czech Republic, most of whom live in the Sudetenland area. In April 1938, the Sudetenland Germanic Party, led by Hanlon, held a congress and proposed an "autonomy" program to split the Sudetenland region from the Czech Republic. Hitler used this as an excuse to gather troops on the German-Czech border and threaten war, creating the so-called "May Crisis." The British and French governments were determined to "gift" the Sudetenland area to Hitler and promote Germany's eastward march against the Soviet Union. After consultations, the two countries respectively stated that they would not fight for Slovakia. The connivance of Britain and France made Hitler even stronger. Germany has formulated a "green plan" to attack the Czech Republic, and is scheduled to issue a mobilization order on September 16 and march on October 1. On September 15, British Prime Minister Chamberlain, who was nearly 70 years old, took a plane for the first time in his life and hurried to Germany. After three hours of talks, he received only one "guarantee" from Hitler that Germany would not take any military action until the two met again in a few days. After urgent consultations, Britain and France decided to meet Hitler's demands and pressure the Czech Republic to cede the Sudetenland to Germany. On September 22, Chamberlain flew to Germany again to meet with Hitler at Goldsburg. Unexpectedly, Hitler did not buy it and proposed to transfer all other German-speaking areas in the Czech Republic to Germany, and implement military occupation of the merged territory, limiting the problem to be resolved before October 1. Immediately afterwards, Hitler announced the general mobilization of the German army starting from September 28 and ordered his troops to be ready for war by September 30. The British and French governments were horrified by Hitler's war cries. On September 29, Chamberlain flew to Germany for the third time in half a month. Together with Daladier, Hitler and Mussolini, he held a summit meeting of Britain, France, Germany and Italy in Munich. The meeting started at 12:45 on the 29th and officially signed the Munich Agreement ceding the Sudetenland region to Germany at 1:30 a.m. the next day. It was not until then that two representatives from Slovakia, who had been waiting in the next room, were brought into the conference hall to inform them of the content of the agreement. Under pressure from international imperialism, the Czech government accepted the Munich Agreement within Germany's 6 hours. On October 1, 1938, the German army began to occupy the Sudetenland and other areas inhabited by Germans in Slovakia. In March 1939, Tisso, a separatist in Slovakia, declared Slovakia's "independence" in accordance with Hitler's will and demanded "protection" from Germany. On March 15, the German army marched into Prague and occupied the entire of Czech and Slovakia. On September 15, 1938, British Prime Minister Chamberlain, who was scared by Hitler's war cries, took a plane for the first time in his life and hurried to Berhitlergaden to meet Hitler, begging Germany not to take immediate military action. On September 22, with the gift of Britain and France deciding to pressure the Czech Republic to cede Sudetenland to Germany, Chamberlain flew to Germany again and held talks with Hitler in Godesburg. Unexpectedly, Hitler took an inch and put forward new territorial claims, giving Chamberlain a head start, who was bent on seeking peace. The picture shows Chamberlain taking a group photo after a meeting with Hitler with a gloomy expression. The summit of the four countries fully met Hitler's demands and signed the infamous "Munich Agreement" at 1:30 a.m. on September 29. The picture shows the site of signing the agreement. Chamberlain, returning to London from Munich, proudly declared at the airport waving the agreement: "I have brought peace for a whole generation!" While Hitler was clamoring for war, he extended an invitation to Chamberlain, Daladier and Mussolini to convene a summit of Germany, Italy, Britain and France in Munich, Germany to resolve the so-called Slovakia issue. This is the scene of representatives talking to each other during the meeting. Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement. After the Munich Agreement was signed, Chamberlain and Hitler made a so-called "Anglo-German Declaration", declaring that "Anglo-German relations are of primary importance to both countries and Europe" and expressing that the two countries are "determined to resolve all contentious issues through consultation." The picture shows Hitler and Chamberlain signing the text of the declaration on behalf of their respective governments. Residents of the Czech border town of Haib "welcomed" the German army in tears. On October 1, 1938, the German army entered the Sudetenland district