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title: German Troops Enter the Sudetenland
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19606/german-troops-enter-the-sudetenland/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-10-28
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# German Troops Enter the Sudetenland

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## Image File

[![German Troops Enter the Sudetenland](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19606.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19606.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing Sudeten Germans welcoming German troops during the first stage of Adolf [Hitler's occupation of Czechoslovakia](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2555/hitlers-occupation-of-czechoslovakia/) in October 1938. The Sudetenland was occupied as it contained some three million German speakers. (Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, October 28). German Troops Enter the Sudetenland. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19606/german-troops-enter-the-sudetenland/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "German Troops Enter the Sudetenland." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 28, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19606/german-troops-enter-the-sudetenland/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "German Troops Enter the Sudetenland." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Oct 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19606/german-troops-enter-the-sudetenland/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205087305) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 28 October 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.