Chapter 31:
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain went back and forth twice, returning to Britain after negotiations broke down, only to come back to Munich to negotiate again.
Damn it, I thought the Munich Agreement was just Chamberlain agonizing and then surrendering.
Who knew he'd play this push-and-pull game, coming and going so many times!
Lieutenant Colonel Oster continuously tried to launch the plan, but the High Command—especially Halder—demanded a halt to the ongoing plan every time Chamberlain arrived.
Hitler, who was determined to devour all of Czechia, not just the Sudetenland, openly presented conditions that Chamberlain could not accept.
He pressured Chamberlain by imposing conditions, including that Germany should immediately occupy Czechia and even give away Czech territory to Poland and Hungary. On September 23rd, Chamberlain, having reached the limit of his patience, also declared the breakdown of the talks.
Our last chance came when Czechoslovakia immediately declared a General Mobilization Order, but while Lieutenant Colonel Oster was demanding a decision from the High Command, Mussolini stepped in to mediate, and it all fell through.
On September 30th, the Munich Agreement was signed.
In the end, all Britain and France accomplished was delaying Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland by ten days, which Germany had been aggressively demanding to take immediately.