Chamberlain hoped that deterrence, through strong alliances and military mobilisation, might still dissuade Hitler. 'At the same time, Britain was accelerating preparations - air raid precautions ...

In September 1938, United Kingdom Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sealed his legacy as history’s exemplar of appeasement and the dangers it engenders. Adolf Hitler had massed hundreds of ...

Neville Chamberlain wrote “I still hope we may avoid the worst” six days before the start of the Second World War, a letter ...

On Sept. 30, 1938, within Adolf Hitler’s private study in Munich, the Nazi leader and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed a document — the infamous Munich Agreement — that ...

In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Munich, Germany, to meet with a tyrant, Adolf Hitler. Germany had absorbed Austria and sought to gain control over Czechoslovakia.

Against this backdrop of tension, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to Germany to meet with Hitler. As each of Hitler’s demands were met by the British, he kept increasing ...

A candid letter by Neville Chamberlain saying Britain was better off without him as prime minister has emerged 85 years later. The beleaguered politician made the painful admission four days after ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. On Sept. 30, 1938, within ...