In 1938, Hitler turned his attention to the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia. The German concept of Lebensraum   "living space" comprises policies and practices of settler colonialism which proliferated in Germany from the 1890s to the 1940s.  

On Sept. 29, Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain signed the Munich Pact, which gave Germany the Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain justified the pact with the belief that appeasing Germany would prevent war.

Czechoslovakia loses Sudetenland (could have waged successful defense) Hitler guarantee of independence of Czechoslovakia  Hitler claims he will not make any more territorial demands in Europe. March 1939, Hitler invades rest of Czechoslovakia (six mos. later)

"'Appeasement' of the dictators, symbolized by the ugly word Munich, turned out to be merely surrender on the installment plan.

It was like giving a cannibal a finger in the hope of saving an arm." 

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