Polish–Czechoslovak War

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The Polish–Czechoslovak War was a brief 1919 military conflict between the newly formed Second Polish Republic and Czechoslovakia over control of the disputed border region of Cieszyn Silesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict
interstate war
military conflict
belligerent Czechoslovakia
Second Polish Republic
conflictBetween Czechoslovakia
Second Polish Republic
endedBy Entente-mediated armistice
endTime 1919-02-05
followed dissolution of Austria-Hungary
followedBy Spa Conference settlement on Cieszyn Silesia
hasAlternativeName Cieszyn Silesia dispute
surface form: Conflict over Cieszyn Silesia

Polish–Czechoslovak War
surface form: Polish–Czech War of 1919
hasCause competing Polish and Czechoslovak claims after the collapse of Austria-Hungary
disagreement over control of coal-rich areas
dispute over control of key railway lines
territorial dispute over Cieszyn Silesia
hasContext Paris Peace Conference
post-World War I border settlements
hasDuration approximately two weeks
hasNature short, localized conflict
hasPoliticalConsequence establishment of a new Polish–Czechoslovak border
long-term Polish–Czechoslovak tensions over Trans-Olza
historicalRegionInDispute Cieszyn Silesia
Silesia
involvesEthnicGroup Czechs
Poles
Silesian population
locatedIn Central Europe
Cieszyn Silesia
opponent Czechoslovak Army
Polish Army
partOf aftermath of World War I
history of Czechoslovakia
history of Poland
history of Silesia
relatedEvent Spa Conference of 1920
division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920
relatedTo Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Poland–Czech Republic border
surface form: Polish–Czechoslovak border

Trans-Olza region
result ceasefire mediated by the Entente powers
international arbitration of the border
temporary division of Cieszyn Silesia
significantPlace Cieszyn
Karviná region
Trans-Olza
startTime 1919-01-23
timePeriod interwar period

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Cieszyn Silesia hasHistoricalEvent Polish–Czechoslovak War
Polish–Czechoslovak War hasAlternativeName Polish–Czechoslovak War
this entity surface form: Polish–Czech War of 1919
European theatre of interwar conflicts hasNotableConflict Polish–Czechoslovak War
this entity surface form: Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts