Chamberlain's political legacy

Neville Chamberlain served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940, best known for his policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler in the lead-up to World War II. His most notable act was the Munich Agreement of 1938, which allowed Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia in hopes of avoiding war. While seen at the time as a peacekeeping effort, it is now widely criticized for emboldening Nazi Germany. Chamberlain's legacy is thus marked by this approach to foreign policy and the eventual recognition that stronger actions against aggression were necessary, influencing later strategies in international relations.