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The '''Munich Agreement'''{{efn|name="foreign names"}} was an agreement reached in [[Munich]] on 30 September 1938, by [[Nazi Germany]], the [[United Kingdom
Germany had started a [[Sudetendeutsches Freikorps#Undeclared German–Czechoslovak War|low-intensity undeclared war on Czechoslovakia]] on 17 September 1938. In reaction, Britain and France on 20 September formally requested Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland territory to Germany. This was followed by Polish and Hungarian territorial demands brought on 21 and 22 September, respectively. Meanwhile, German forces conquered parts of the [[Cheb District]] and [[Jeseník District]], where local battles included use of German artillery, Czechoslovak tanks, and armored vehicles. Lightly armed German infantry briefly overran other border counties before being repelled. Poland also [[Independent Operational Group Silesia|grouped its army units]] near its common border with Czechoslovakia and conducted an unsuccessful probing offensive on 23 September.<ref name="Goldstein E., Lukes, I." /> Hungary moved its troops towards the border with Czechoslovakia, without attacking. The [[Soviet Union]] announced its willingness to come to Czechoslovakia's assistance, provided that the [[Red Army]] would be able to cross Polish and Romanian territory. Both countries refused to allow the Soviet army to use their territories.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ragsdale |first=Hugh |date=2001 |title=The Butenko Affair: Documents from Soviet-Romanian Relations in the Time of the Purges, Anschluss, and Munich |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4213322 |journal=The Slavonic and East European Review |volume=79 |issue=4 |pages=698–720 |doi=10.1353/see.2001.0004 |jstor=4213322 |issn=0037-6795}}</ref>
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