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Bookmark or Share- What Was the Sudeten Crisis and Why Was it So Important? - History HitHowever, Hitler was not finished. He had his eyes set on the Sudetenland, which was rich in the natural resources necessary for war and was conveniently populated by ethnic Germans – many of whom genuinely wanted to return to German rule.
- Germany Invades Czechoslovakia | Facing History & OurselvesMost of the German-speaking Czechs lived in a western part of the country called the Sudetenland, which bordered Germany. (The map below shows the location of the Sudetenland and illustrates Germany's expansion before World War II.)
- Sudetenland | Facts, History, Map, & Annexation by Hitler | BritannicaSudetenland, sections of northern and western Bohemia and northern Moravia (modern Czech Republic). The Sudetenland became a major source of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia, and in 1938 participants at the Munich Conference, yielding to Adolf Hitler, transferred it to Germany.
- Poland - Sudetenland, WWII, Nazis | BritannicaPoland - Sudetenland, WWII, Nazis: The Sudeten and their foreland, part of the larger Bohemian Massif, have a long and complex geologic history. They owe their present rugged form, however, to earth movements that accompanied the Carpathian uplift, and the highest portion, the Karkonosze (“Giant Mountains”), reaches 5,256 feet (1,602 metres ...
- Sudetenland - (World History – 1400 to Present) - FiveableThe Sudetenland is a region in Czechoslovakia that was predominantly inhabited by ethnic Germans prior to World War II. It became a focal point of conflict in the lead-up to the war, as Adolf Hitler used the issue of Sudeten German nationalism to justify territorial expansion and aggression against Czechoslovakia, which contributed to an ...
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