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September 1938: British prime minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) (second from right) with German dictactor Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) (right) in Munich for the signing of the Munich Pact, which acceded to Hitler's demand that the Sudetenland be ceded to Germany. With them are Neville Henderson (left) and Hitler's interpreter Paul Schmidt. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)