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Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War,

Episode 71, The Munich Agreement Part 3, the summer of 1938.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Stephen, Charles, and Michael for choosing to support

the podcast on Patreon, where they get access to special member-only episodes roughly every month,

like the upcoming episode in which we take a deep dive into British diplomatic communications

during the May crisis that we discussed in episode 70.

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head on over to History of the Second World War.com slash members to find out more.

After the events of May and the Phantom Invasion and Czechoslovakian mobilization, the overall vibe

in the area was tense, to say the least. It also had a real effect on many governmental ministers all over Europe,

as for the first time in 20 years they had been pushed to what felt like the brink of a European

wide war. The realization that they had been so close caused an increased emphasis on ensuring

that it never happened again. Now, the key was that there were a lot of different opinions on how best to make sure that it never happened again. Now, the key was that there were a lot of different

opinions on how best to make sure that it never happened again. There were some who believed

that the best path was to resist Germany more openly, to make it clear that if they continued

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