Hitler Chamberlain And Munich The End Of The Twenty Year Truce
The pivotal meeting between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain in Munich in 1938 dramatically signaled the breakdown of international peace and the end of the post-World War I 'twenty-year truce.' This landmark event, often associated with the policy of appeasement, is considered a critical precursor to the outbreak of World War II, highlighting the failure of diplomacy in the face of escalating Nazi aggression.