30 Sep 1938 | World War II Database

30 Sep 1938

Germany

Shortly after midnight, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Édouard Daladier, in that order, signed the Munich Agreement at the Führerbau building in München in Germany, which ceded Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany; the actual document was backdated to the previous day, 29 Sep 1938. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | München, München-Oberbayern | CPC]

United Kingdom

Upon returning to the United Kingdom, outside 10 Downing Street in London, Chamberlain announced that "I believe it is peace for our time". ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | 10 Downing Street | London, England | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 30 Sep 1938

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier departing Munich, Germany after the Munich Conference, 30 Sep 1938, photo 1 of 2; Franz von Epp and Joachim von Ribbentrop also present

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier departing Munich, Germany after the Munich Conference, 30 Sep 1938, photo 2 of 2; Joachim von Ribbentrop also present

Gauleiter Adolf Wagner, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, and Ambassador Henderson accompanied Prime Minister Chamberlain as the latter was leaving Germany after Munich Conference, Germany, 30 Sep 1938

Joachim von Ribbentrop and Adolf Wagner bidding farewell to French Prime Minister Daladier after Munich Conference, Germany, 30 Sep 1938

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