Upper Silesia plebiscite
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The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Silesia plebiscite canonical | 7 |
| Upper Silesia dispute | 1 |
| Upper Silesian plebiscite | 1 |
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Target entity: Upper Silesia plebiscite Context triple: [Silesia, wasSubjectOf, Upper Silesia plebiscite]
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Anschluss of Austria
The Anschluss of Austria was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, marking a key step in Hitler’s expansionist agenda before World War II.
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic was the independent Polish state that existed between World War I and World War II, ultimately destroyed by the joint German and Soviet invasion in 1939.
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Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) was a major post–World War I conflict between the newly re-established Poland and Soviet Russia that helped determine the borders of Eastern Europe and the fate of the region’s independence movements.
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E.
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a 1938 settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, long regarded as a prime example of failed appeasement before World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Upper Silesia plebiscite Target entity description: The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Anschluss of Austria
The Anschluss of Austria was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, marking a key step in Hitler’s expansionist agenda before World War II.
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C.
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic was the independent Polish state that existed between World War I and World War II, ultimately destroyed by the joint German and Soviet invasion in 1939.
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D.
Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) was a major post–World War I conflict between the newly re-established Poland and Soviet Russia that helped determine the borders of Eastern Europe and the fate of the region’s independence movements.
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E.
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a 1938 settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, long regarded as a prime example of failed appeasement before World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
plebiscite ⓘ referendum ⓘ |
| category |
1921 in Europe
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Silesia ⓘ
surface form:
History of Silesia
Plebiscites in disputed territories ⓘ Poland–Germany relations ⓘ |
| conflictContext | aftermath of World War I ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Germany
ⓘ
Poland ⓘ |
| date | 1921-03-20 ⓘ |
| electorate | inhabitants of Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | ethnically mixed region ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupsInvolved |
Germans
ⓘ
Poles ⓘ |
| finalDecisionBy | League of Nations ⓘ |
| followedBy | Third Silesian Uprising ⓘ |
| impact |
affected control of major coal and industrial resources
ⓘ
shaped the Polish–German border in Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| languageContext |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| location | Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| partOf |
implementation of the Treaty of Versailles
ⓘ
post-World War I border settlements ⓘ |
| precededBy |
First Silesian Uprising
ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine whether Upper Silesia would belong to Germany or Poland ⓘ |
| question | whether Upper Silesia should remain in Germany or join Poland ⓘ |
| region | Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
League of Nations arbitration
ⓘ
Polish–German border disputes ⓘ Silesian Uprisings ⓘ |
| result |
division of Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland
ⓘ
industrial eastern part largely awarded to Poland ⓘ western part largely remained in Germany ⓘ |
| resultType | territorial division ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Allied Powers of World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied powers
France ⓘ Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| votingSystem | popular vote ⓘ |
| year | 1921 ⓘ |
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Subject: Upper Silesia plebiscite Description of subject: The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
Referenced by (9)
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