In 19 38, British prime minister nevill chamberlain agreed to let adolf hitler occupy the sudaton land and ethnically german part of checosavakia. He returned home waving a promise, in that picture up there, signed by hitler not to pursue war any further. So was he right to do so? Those in support of this motion will argue yes, and those against will argue no. We're revisiting an archive debate from 20 13 discussing the pivotal moment in history.
As the new film, Munich – The Edge of War, hits Netflix screens starring Jeremy Irons as British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain negotiating on the brink of World War Two in 1938, we revisit an archive debate discussing that pivotal moment in history. Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum is joined by a collection of celebrated historians to debate whether Chamberlain did the right thing in an impossible situation or appeased a dictator, leading to the disastrous years of conflict that followed.
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