Response to Munich Conference

The Munich Conference of 1938 was a good thing because peace was (temporarily) achieved when Europe was at the precipice of another war, only 20 years after World War I. Germany was obviously in the wrong here, they broke the terms of the Versailles treaty because they started expanding and developing their military. France and Britain were anxiously watching and hoping that Germany wouldn't be so brash as to stir up another war that could potentially have the same ramifications as World War I had. Eventually Germany went to far, but France and Britain were correct when they agreed on peace. The allies didn't want another war that would leave ten million people dead, and with a worldwide economic depression a war would only further their troubles. Of course Britain and France would want to proclaim that a successful peace treaty had been achieved, probably to galvanize public support in a time when people were suffering economically and hadn't fully recovered from the lost of loved ones in World War I. It is also a mini-success that French, British and German leaders were able to discuss volatile political matters because these countries historically had been great rivals.