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Was a country that emerged from the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Its territory included the modern-day countries of Czechia and Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia (which today is part of Ukraine). It was ended by Germany in 1938 but resurfaced after World War II without Carpathian Ruthenia as a country of the Warsaw Pact. In 1960 it changed its denomination into Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Establishment
October 1918: The Czechoslovak declaration of independence, created in Washington, was published by the Czechoslovak National Council, signed by Masaryk, Štefánik and Beneš on October 18, 1918 in Paris, and proclaimed on October 28 in Prague.
November 1918: Czechoslovakia wanted to include the territory of Slovakia (then Upper Hungary), which until now belonged to Hungary. On November 2, the 25th Battalion entered Slovakia.
November 1918: The Polish National Council and the Czechoslovak Committee concluded an agreement on the demarcation line of Cieszyn Silesia. The Frýdek district and a small part of the Fryštát district was left on the Czech side, the remainder was accorded to the Poles.
November 1918: Czechoslovak forces penetrated through Gbely to Malacek.
November 1918: On November 8, a temporary demarcation line between Hungary and Czechoslovakia was negotiated between Lieutenant Ripka and Hungarian Major Brandstätter, leading from Devínská Nová Ves to Malinský vrch and further to the Little Carpathians.
November 1918: Colonel Hančík with 120 men occupied Trnava.
November 1918: In Trnava, the Hungarians created an armed guard.
November 1918: Czechoslovaks occupied Trenčín and then the main strongholds in Pováží.
November 1918: On 11 November 1918 in Warsaw, Józef Piłsudski was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council and was entrusted with creating a national government for the newly independent country. On the same day, which would become Poland's Independence Day, he proclaimed the independent Polish Republic.
November 1918: Czechoslovaks commanded by Captain Kurz occupied Žilina without a fight.
November 1918: The Czech units occupied Turany.
November 1918: The city of Turany was conquered by a Hungarian armored train.
November 1918: The Hungarians occupied Vrútky and forced the Czechoslovaks to retreat on the north bank of the Váh towards Žilina.
November 1918: The Hungarians were defeated and Trnava found itself in Czechoslovak hands again.
November 1918: The Czech war council designated a new temporary demarcation line with Hungary: Bratislava - north bank of the Danube - along Ipeľ - Pinciná - estuary of Uhu to Laborec - along Uhu - Užocký pas.
November 1918: Piešťany and Hlohovec are occupied by Czech troops.
December 1918: Other Czech reinforcements arrived in Hlohovec, which by 10 December occupied the towns of Sereď, Modra and Pezinok.
December 1918: Schöbl then sent the 1st Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Major Pirník, to secure the surroundings of Nitra.
December 1918: The Czechoslovak army occupied Poprad with an armored train.
December 1918: Czechoslovak forces occupied Spišská Nová Ves.
December 1918: Zbolen was occupied by Czechoslovak troops.
December 1918: Until 25 December 1918 the whole of Pováží and the area up to Spišská Nová Ves were secured.
December 1918: Prešov was occupied by Czechoslovak forces.
December 1918: Košice was occupied by the Czechoslovaks, ending the Slovak People's Republic.
Chronology
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Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
1.1.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
June 1920: The Treaty of Trianon regulated the status of an independent Hungarian state and defined its borders. It left Hungary as a landlocked state that covered 93,073 square kilometres, only 28% of the 325,411 square kilometres that had constituted the pre-war Kingdom of Hungary.
July 1920: Conference of Ambassadors in Spa, Belgium. Division of Orawa and Cieszyn between Poland and Czechoslovakia.
1.1.1.Treaty of Versailles
Was the treaty that ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
1.1.1.1.Aftermath of World War I in Poland
Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Poland.
1.1.1.2.Territorial cessions of Germany in Europe
Were territorial cessions of Germany in Europe after World War I.
January 1920: In Central Europe, Germany recognized the independence of Czechoslovakia (which had actually been controlled by Austria) and cede parts of the province of Upper Silesia.
1.1.2.Hungarian-Czechoslovak War
Was a war between Hungary and Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I.
June 1919: In the face of advancing Hungarian troops, the Allies began to put pressure on the Hungarian government and, within three weeks with Kun's assurances of Russian support failing to materialize, Hungary was forced to withdraw from Slovakia.
1.1.2.1.Czech invasion of northern Slovakia
Was a Czech military operation against Hungary in northern Slovakia.
1.1.2.2.Czech invasion of eastern Slovakia
Was a Czech military operation against Hungary in eastern Slovakia.
1.1.2.3.Czech invasion of southern Slovakia
Was a Czech military operation against Hungary in southern Slovakia.
January 1919: On the night of January 2-3, Czechoslovak forces occupied Lučenec.
January 1919: On January 9 without a fight, Nové Zámky, was occupied by Czech forces.
January 1919: Komárno conquered by Czechoslovak Republic.
January 1919: The Ipeľ basin was cleared from the Hungarians via Kováčová, Bušinka, Mikušovka to Pinciná. These territories were occupied by Czechoslovak troops.
January 1919: The southern bank of Ipeľ was occupied by Czechoslovak troops.
January 1919: The cities of Perečín, Velký Berezný, Užok, Veľké Kapušany and Vojany were occupied by Czechoslovak troops.
January 1919: The whole territory of Slovakia was under Czechoslovak control.
1.1.2.4.Hungarian Counterattack (Hungarian-Czechoslovak War)
Was Hungarian counterattack against Czech invading forces during the Hungarian-Czechoslovak War.
May 1919: Hungarian Colonel Aurél Stromfeld, attacked in force and routed Czechoslovak troops from Miskolc, also recapturing Košice and Prešov.
June 1919: The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919.
1.1.3.Hungarian-Romanian War
Was a war between Romania and Hungary over territorial disputes after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I.
1.1.3.1.Hungarian-Romanian War Aftermath
The border between Romania and Hungary after World War I was decided in the The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919).
September 1919: The Treaty of St. Germain established the borders of the Czechoslovak Republic.
September 1919: The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is signed, recognizing Romanian sovereignty over Bukovina but the frontiers of Romania was to be later fixed.
1.1.4.Establishment of the Hutsul Republic
Was the creation of Republic of Hutsul in Ukraine during the dissolution of Austria-Hungary.
January 1919: The Hutsul Republic was declared on January 8, 1919, in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine.
October 1919: The territory of Hutsul accepted the admission into the First Czechoslovak Republic in September 1919, where it remained during the interwar period.
1.1.5.Polish-Czechoslovak War
Was a military confrontation between Czechoslovakia and Poland over the territory of Cieszyn Silesia in early 1919.
January 1919: Cieszyn Silesia was taken over by Czechoslovak forces on 27 January 1919. Polish troops retreated to the Vistula river.
February 1919: The Czechoslovak army withdrew to the new Green Line, established by the International Commission Agreement on the basis of the Czechoslovak-Polish Treaty, concluded on 3 February 1919 in Paris.
On 29 September, the Munich Agreement was signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain. The Munich Agreement stipulated that Czechoslovakia must cede Sudeten territory to Germany. Germany dismembered Czechoslovakia.
October 1938: As Czechoslovakia was being absorbed into the German Reich, Zaolzie, the Czech half of Cieszyn, was annexed by Poland in 1938 following the Munich Agreement and the First Vienna Award. At noon on September 30, Poland gave an ultimatum to the Czechoslovak government. It demanded the immediate evacuation of Czech troops and police from Zaolzie and gave Prague until noon the following day. At 11:45 a.m. on October 1 the Czech foreign ministry called the Polish ambassador in Prague and told him that Poland could have what it wanted.
October 1938: On 29 September, the Munich Agreement was signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain. The Munich Agreement stipulated that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudeten territory to Germany. German occupation of the Sudetenland would be completed by 10 October.
November 1938: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sought a non-violent way to enforce the territorial claims of the Kingdom of Hungary and to revise the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. The First Vienna Award separated largely Magyar-populated territories in southern Slovakia and southern Carpathian Rus from Czechoslovakia and "awarded" them to Hungary.
March 1939: The Slovak Diet convened and unanimously declared Slovak independence. The Slovak Republic (Germany) was a partially-recognized client state of Nazi Germany which existed from 14 March 1939.
March 1939: Carpatho-Ukraine was proclaimed an independent republic, headed by president Avgustyn Voloshyn.
March 1939: The Czechoslovak Republic was dissolved when Germany invaded it on 15 March 1939, and annexed the Czech region into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
3.1.End of World War II in Europe
Refers to the surrender of Axis forces and the end of World War II and to the territorial changes that were a direct consequence of World War II but happened after the traditional end of the War.
June 1945: The Third Czechoslovak Republic came into being in April 1945.
February 1947: Three villages (Horvátújfalu, Oroszvár, and Dunacsún) situated south of Bratislava were transferred to Czechoslovakia.
January 1946: Zakarpatska Oblast was established on 22 January 1946, after the resignation of Czechoslovakia on the territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia, annexed forcibly by the Soviet Union and attached to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, under a treaty between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
July 1960: Despite the country's official name remained the Czechoslovak Republic until 1960, when it was changed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, February 1948 is considered the end of the Third Republic.
Disestablishment
July 1960: Despite the country's official name remained the Czechoslovak Republic until 1960, when it was changed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, February 1948 is considered the end of the Third Republic.
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