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Now, this day, here's Chris Connelly. The mistake that started World War II was made on this day September 30th. Every year across America, a staggering 4.2 million youth are homeless or trafficked. The company's Covenant House is the national leader providing safe housing for youth 50 years strong. Help us fight youth homelessness. Go to CovenantHouse.org. When a person calls 988, they're connected to a crisis counselor. A caller can expect to talk about coping skills. They can chat, they can text, and when they come out on the other side, they're feeling better. Caller Text 98 or chat 98lyflyin.org An area near the Sudetenys Mountains had been part of the Austria-Hungary Empire until World War I. The Empire was broken up and the territory became part of a new country, Czechoslovakia.
Many of the people who lived there were ethnic Germans and they spoke a distinct German dialect. Adolf Hitler wanted the region to be part of Germany and the three million Germans living there wanted that too. They argued that the mountains between Germany and Czechoslovakia would make for a better permanent border between the two countries. A conference was held in Munich, where England and France agreed to give the Sudetenland to Germany. Germany had already amassed an army and was ready to take the area by force. After 11 million deaths from World War I, no one was interested in more fighting. The policy of appeasement, which led to World War II, began on the scale September 30th, 1938. And on this day, remember showing weakness to your enemies is not a winning strategy. I'm Chris Kant.
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