Across the entirety of the Czech region, nearly half the population was German. This meant that if the Germans within Czech territory chose to support Germany, the Czech Government's position in the war would become extremely awkward.
The only people left who could support the war would be the Czechs and the other non-German ethnic groups.
Once all the Germans sided with Germany, Bohemia would have no way to resist the German attack.
On May 3, 1936, the Bohemia Republic announced that it would join the German Empire, becoming the youngest constituent state in the German Empire.
The German Government also placed great importance on Bohemia. On the very day Bohemia joined the German Empire, the German Government formally announced the establishment of an autonomous government in Bohemia, granting it a status equal to that of Bavaria and the other constituent states.
The Germans' defection accelerated the war. Two days later, the German Army formally defeated the Austrian Army in the Czech region and encircled Prague.
The Czech Government had already fallen into chaos. The number of Germans in the Czech region was far from small; even Prague, where the government was based, had large numbers of German officials and civilians.
In the face of the German Army's frenzied assault, the Czech Army was completely unable to hold them back. After five days of siege, Prague, the most important city in the Czech region, announced its fall, and the Czech Government fled to Brno in the southeast.
That same day, the Bohemia Republic formally took control of Prague, declared the Czech Government illegal, and announced that the Bohemian Government was the legitimate government of the Czech region.
The good news was that the Czech Government, which had fled to Brno, had formed an iron triangle with the Austrian Government in