1-276-497 - Art Media/Heritage Images

Peace!, front page of Paris-soir newspaper, 1 October 1938. The headline story reports the conclusion of the peace agreement at Munich between Britain, France and Germany that would provide peace in our time in the words of Neville Chamberlain. Less than a year later, Europe was at war. The photographs show French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier signing the accord watched by Hitler and Hermann Goering, Daladier and Hitler in conversation and Chamberlain talking to Benito Mussoloni.