The Sudetenland
The Munich Conference was held to address Germany's threat to Czechoslovakia. It resulted in the Munich Agreement, which gave Hitler control over Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Before the German Army entered Czechoslovakia, the President of the country had fled to England and set up a government in exile, and the Slovaks had split off and become a separate country that was allies with the Germans. There was no Czechoslovakia left by the time the German troops entered the country. At the same time that German troops entered the former country of Czechoslovakia, there were also Polish and Hungarian troops that marched in because they wanted to take back their lands that had been part of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Czech part of the country became a German protectorate and the Polish and Hungarian land in the former Czechoslovakia became part of Poland and Hungary. The Sudentenland had already been given to Germany at the Munich conference because there were 3.5 million Germans in that area. So the answer to this question is that there was no surrender.
Hitler had several reasons. After the successful unification (the Anschluss) with Austria, he knew that the German public would love the idea of also seeing Czechoslovakia annexed: at least its Western part, called Sudetenland, which had been part of the German empire before WW 1 and where millions of Germans still lived.Annexing also the rest of Czechoslovakia had a strategic reason: Hitler was already planning to invade Poland. Czechoslovakia had a strong and modern army which he needed out of the game so that it would and could not come to the aid of Poland. After he had forced Czechoslovakia's president to sign an act of surrender, he could simply walk in and disband and disarm its army.
Poor ruler and a man who didn't deserve power, also a miserable man with a sad life.
The Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler requested the return of the Sudetenland, which was heavily German speaking, at the Munich Conference. The Czechs were against it not because they feared the loss of the territory - it was German speaking and not loyal to Czechoslovakia hence was a liability, but because it was mountainous and their fortifications were there. Once Germany controlled the Sudetenland it was a clear shot to Prague.
The Munich Conference was held to address Germany's threat to Czechoslovakia. It resulted in the Munich Agreement, which gave Hitler control over Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland as they all held German speaking people and one of Hitler's aims in foreign policy was to unite all German speaking people under German rule.
probably false
Hitler invaded these countries because he needed allies, but in general public he said that he was invading these places for German citizens to live.
Western border region of Czechoslovakia where about 3 million German-speaking people lived; a second target of Hitler's lebensraum
The Sudetenland
Before the German Army entered Czechoslovakia, the President of the country had fled to England and set up a government in exile, and the Slovaks had split off and become a separate country that was allies with the Germans. There was no Czechoslovakia left by the time the German troops entered the country. At the same time that German troops entered the former country of Czechoslovakia, there were also Polish and Hungarian troops that marched in because they wanted to take back their lands that had been part of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Czech part of the country became a German protectorate and the Polish and Hungarian land in the former Czechoslovakia became part of Poland and Hungary. The Sudentenland had already been given to Germany at the Munich conference because there were 3.5 million Germans in that area. So the answer to this question is that there was no surrender.
Czechoslovakia doesn't speak German. Not like other country Germany had been to, Czechoslovakia speaks several languages This first answer is accurate in terms of annexing all of the Republic of Czechoslovakia, however the order of Business for Hitler at the 1938 Munich Conference was to annex the Sudetenland portion of the country. The population there was dominated by German speaking, former Austrian people. Based on propaganda by Hitler, these people were inclined to become part of "greater Germany". The problem with the Munich Conference was that the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia was not invited. The conference had the leaders of the UK, France, Italy and of course the 'host" Adolph Hitler.
Hitler claimed that he was protecting the lives, rights & property of ethnic Germans living in neighboring east European countries (Czechoslovakia & Poland).