<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> The Sudetenland crisis, which had been gathering steam since Anschluss with Austria, suddenly intensified in May 1938, leading Europe to the brink of war. Partial mobilization in Czechoslovakia created 48 hours of panic, as war seemed imminent. Andreas Krämer delves into one of the greatest remaining puzzles in the pre-history of the Second World War, tracing events up to the Munich Agreement.