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| 1936 |
| | | George V dies and is succeeded on the British throne by his eldest son Edward VIII | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII, forced to choose between the British throne and Wallis Simpson, opts for the path of love and abdicates | |
|  | Edward VIII's letter of abdication in 1936
National Archives, Kew
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII is succeeded on the British throne by his brother, as George VI | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Neville Chamberlain follows Baldwin as prime minister at the head of the UK's National government | |
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| 1938 September 15 |
| | | Neville Chamberlain makes the first of three flights to Germany, this time to negotiate with Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden | |
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| 1938 September 29 |
| | | Neville Chamberlain and Édouard Daladier fly to Munich to discuss Hitler's designs on the Czech Sudetenland | |
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| 1938 September 29 |
| | | Chamberlain and Daladier agree at Munich that Hitler may annexe the Czech Sudetenland, with its largely German population | |
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| 1938 September 30 |
| | | Neville Chamberlain returns to Britain from Munich claiming to have achieved 'peace for our time... peace with honour' | |
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| 1939 March 31 |
| | | The recent fate of Czechoslovakia prompts France and Britain to guarantee the security of Poland | |
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