Czechoslovak representatives were informed that they could either resist Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations. The Czechoslovak government chose to submit. President Beneš resigned in despair. Hitler promised no more territorial demands in Europe and consultations with Britain in case of any future threat to peace. Éduard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain flew home to the welcome of jubilant crowds bringing the “peace in our time”. Result of Munich
In the narrow sense, Munich meant that Czechoslovakia lost part of its’ territory with strong border fortifications and all military equipment. In the broader sense, however, the Munich agreement is perceived to be the appeasement’s climax. No doubt that it was thought to be the restoration of peace. ‘Peace’ that was in fact war won through negotiations and the other sides’ impotence, ‘peace’ that lasted for eleven months until the first firing in Poland, for six months if we consider the march into Prague as the last step to destroy what left from Czechoslovakia.
According to Taylor , Munich was meant to mark the beginning of a new epoch in European affairs. Versailles was not only dead, but also buried. It was to become the symbol of the successful policy of Big Four. In contrast, it was a cruel Diktat onto one of the few nice surprises of the new century. The result of Munich was also the German guided Slovak independence , the annexation of Těšín by Poland, southern Slovakia and Ruthenia by Hungary and the final Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Munich is one of the reasons why Czechoslovakia became a Soviet satellite; it had been used to show the hostility of the Western democracies towards the Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The End of Appeasement
It is indisputable that Munich was the appeasement’s climax - months of relations and negotiations embodied in the conference of the Four men. I did intentionally not name this part ‘The Beginning of the War’ or similarly, because it is not really clear when this policy actually ended.
One may think that if Munich is considered to be the last expression of the appeasement policy, then it is naturally its’ end. The “Munich peace” lasted for eleven moths. But during this time, as predicted by many, Czechoslovakia ceased to exist entirely. Hitler, taking over Prague in March 1939, broke the agreement.