In 1938, Adolf Hitler began to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia who were seeking closer ties with Germany. The Nazi leader delivers a speech revealing Germany's desire to unite the two countries.

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Adolf Hitler on the Sudetenland Crisis

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