Greece and Bulgaria conclude diplomatic agreements allowing Bulgaria to rearm with German help.

3 Aug.

Italy introduces race laws governing the conduct of the Italian Jews.

10 Aug.

William Butler Yeats's play Purgatory premieres at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

7 Sept.

France calls up its military reservists.

15 Sept.

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain flies to Berchtesgaden to negotiate a resolution of the Czech crisis with Hitler.

22 Sept.

Prime Minister Chamberlain flies to the German city of Godesberg for further negotiations with Hitler over the Czech crisis.

24 Sept.

As British and French peace negotiations with the Germans deadlock, Czechoslovakia mobilizes its armed forces for war with Germany.

27 Sept.

In response to the Czech crisis, Britain and France mobilize their armed forces.

29 Sept.

1 Oct.

2 Oct.

Poland occupies the Teschen region of Czechoslovakia.

4 Oct.

Following Socialist and Communist objections to the Munich Pact, the French Popular Front collapses. The Daladier government turns right in...