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22 Sep 1938

The International Brigades fighting in the Spanish Civil War were withdrawn by the Spanish Republicans from the front-line prior to them being repatriated. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
Seeing that the Czechoslovakians gave in to German demands, Hungary also made demands of their own on Czechoslovakian territory. On the same day, Sudeten Freikorps occupied two Czechoslovakian towns close to the German border. In Prague, the Czechoslovakian cabinet resigned. In Bad Godesberg, Germany, Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler; the German leader demanded Czechoslovakia to allow German troops to occupy Sudetenland by 1 Oct 1938. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

United States

Henry Arnold was made the Chief of the US Army Air Corps. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
CW-21 prototype aircraft took its first flight at Wilbur Wright Field in Riverside, Ohio, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 22 Sep 1938

Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain at Hotel Dreesen, Bad Godesberg, Germany, 22 Sep 1938; Wilhelm Keitel, Paul Otto Gustav Schmidt, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Dörnberg also present

Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in Bad Godesberg, Germany, 22-24 Sep 1938; note Joachim von Ribbentrop in background

Joachim von Ribbentrop, Adolf Hitler, and Neville Chamberlain at Bad Godesberg, Germany, 22-24 Sep 1938

Joachim von Ribbentrop greeting Neville Chamberlain at the airport in Köln, Germany, 22 Sep 1938

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