Question

Why did Germany claim Sudetenland?

Answer 1

Germany claimed Sudetenland in 1938 on the grounds that it was inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans who, according to Hitler, were being mistreated by the Czechoslovak government. He demanded its annexation to Germany under the principle of self-determination. Hitler used the Sudeten German issue as a pretext to dismember Czechoslovakia and expand German territory, violating the Treaty of Versailles.