# Munich Agreement (1938)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1938-munich-agreement
Location: Munich

France and Britain accepted German annexation of the Sudetenland in an effort to avoid war. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Albert Lebrun (President of the French Republic). Munich Agreement mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Munich Agreement mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Albert Lebrun](https://history-france.com/rulers/albert-lebrun)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Munich Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Munich+Agreement&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Munich Agreement](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Munich+Agreement)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)