A Time to Grow

While France and Britain's decision to give Sudetenland to Germany may have felt like submitting when they should have been strong,  it was one made with the best interests of their countries in mind. The Munich Conference decided to sacrifice a small region of Austria for the greater  good of other, much larger, lands. There was no way that they could have known that Hitler would go on to such horrendous acts, willfully breaking promises made to Britain and France. The leaders of Britain and France would have believed themselves to be pacifying a country, stopping it by giving it exactly what it wants. They, as victims of the situation, hoped that Hitler would be content with the concessions it was given. While, the lack of Czechoslovakian representation may be slightly disturbing, to have made this decision, it was necessary; the Czechs would never have resigned themselves to what was necessary had they a say. 

Looking at the situation, even from hindsight, one comes up with the same conclusions. If Britain and France hadn't made the decisions that they did, the war would have begun much sooner, perhaps in a time when the world was even less recovered from the depression. The time afforded by compromise of Sudetenland won the Allies time, both to realize Hitler's power and purpose, and to strengthen themselves for the oncoming battle. While no treaty could have prevented World War II, the Munich Conference allowed the Allies the strength they needed to win it much later.