Consequences of the Munich Agreement (1938)

British Prime Minister Chamberlain disembarks from a plane after arriving from Munich on September 30, 1938. Government representatives at the airport.

Chamberlain delivers a speech and displays a signed copy of the Munich Agreement.

Those gathered at the airport cheer Chamberlain as he gets into his car and leaves for London.

French Prime Minister Daladier's plane taxis to a stop on the Paris airfield.

Daladier is greeted at the airport.

Those greeting him give him a standing ovation.

Daladier, Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, and their entourage walk across the airfield to the cheers of the crowd.

Daladier gets into his car.

Daladier and Bonnet return the greetings of the Parisians from the car.

The motorcade moves through the enthusiastic crowd.

Parisians greet Daladier along the way, surround the car, and Daladier shakes hands with those around him.

Goering, Goebbels, and their entourage stand on the platform awaiting the arrival of Hitler's train.

Hitler is greeted in Berlin near a train car.

Children present Hitler with bouquets of flowers.

Berliners fill the square through which Hitler walks on his return to the capital; police push back the crowd (above).

Hitler and his entourage walk across the square alongside an honor guard.

Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels get into a car.

Hitler rides in the car standing, raising his arm in a Nazi salute.

Berliners greet Hitler and his motorcade as they drive through Berlin.

Hitler drives through the streets of Berlin, returning greetings.

View of the motorcade (above).

Jubilant Berliners.

Hitler steps out onto the balcony, raising his arm in a Nazi salute.

Berliners greeting Hitler (panorama).

Hitler on the balcony of a building.

Panorama of a square filled with Berliners greeting Hitler (above).

Hitler and Goering come out onto the balcony.

Views of a crowded square (from above).

Wehrmacht units enter the Sudetenland on October 1, 1938; local residents throw flowers to the soldiers.

The faces of women greeting German troops.

The demolition of a Czechoslovak border post.

A column of motorcyclists passes by.

Women greet the passing German troops, raising their hands in a Nazi salute.

Wehrmacht motorcades move along the roads of the Sudetenland.

A German troop convoy enters a village in the Sudetenland; the faces of women and girls greeting the German troops (alternating).

A color guard of a Wehrmacht unit passes.

A German infantry unit enters the Sudetenland.

German troops enter one of the administrative centers of the Sudetenland; local residents greet the troops passing through the streets.

One of the regimental colors is ceremoniously carried across the square.