Sudetenland

American  

[soo-deyt-n-land, zoo-deyt-n-lahnt] / suˈdeɪt nˌlænd, zuˈdeɪt nˌlɑnt /

noun

1. a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.

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Sudetenland British  

/ suːˈdeɪtənˌlænd /

noun

1. Also called: the Sudeten.  a mountainous region of the N Czech Republic: part of Czechoslovakia (1919–38; 1945–93); occupied by Germany (1938–45)

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Example Sentences

Think of the September 1938 meeting in Munich, when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders met with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler to forge an agreement allowing Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for Hitler’s pledge to not invade any other Northern European countries.

From Salon

If such a deal is forced through, there may indeed be “peace,” but it would not be durable peace, founded on Ukrainian independence, but would rather resemble more the “peace in our time” that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain proclaimed in 1938 after signing the Munich accord, which surrendered the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany—and paved the way for Hitler’s troops to broaden their invasion through all of Europe.

From Slate

She was a Sudeten German, as it turned out: part of the sizable minority of Bohemian Germans in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, which Adolf Hitler annexed to Germany in 1939.

From Slate

In the Sudetenland, the future typewriter-seller fell in love with a young Wilhelm Müller—a pacifist, poet, and aspiring musician.

From Slate

So in that view, it's like giving Hitler the Sudetenland.

From Salon