The Munich Understanding
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The Munich Understanding is a secret treaty between the German Reich, Soviet Union, and Hungary that was signed in 2055. Among its articles included plans to invade numerous countries in Central and Eastern Europe and divide them up among the signatories.
The short-term catalyst for the Munich Understanding's signing was France and Belgium jointly announcing in 2054 that they would send a brigade of troops to Poland as a deterrence measure. This turned into a regular rotational forward deployment. However, tensions had been building in Central and Eastern Europe for decades, as the German political landscape had become increasingly nationalistic and revanchist since the 1980s. It found itself in a similar situation to the Soviet Union, whose relations with the Western Union members (United Kingdom, France, Belgium) was also deteriorating. The Intermarium—defense alliance between Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia—was originally formed in 1948 as a result of the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states.