Slovak–Hungarian War

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The Slovak–Hungarian War was a brief border conflict in March 1939 between the newly formed Slovak Republic and Hungary over disputed territories in eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.

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Slovak–Hungarian War canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict
military conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Little War
belligerent Kingdom of Hungary
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
belligerentGoal Hungarian recovery of territories lost after World War I
Slovak defense of newly declared state territory
cause Hungarian revisionist claims after the Treaty of Trianon
territorial dispute over Carpathian Ruthenia
territorial dispute over eastern Slovakia
combatant1 Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
combatant2 Kingdom of Hungary
conflict World War II prelude
countryEstablishedDuringConflict Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
date March 1939
duration about one week
endDate 1939-03-31
era interwar period
followedBy Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia
Hungarian annexations in Slovakia and Transylvania
surface form: Hungarian annexation of parts of eastern Slovakia
geopoliticalImpact shifted the Slovak–Hungarian border eastward in favor of Hungary
historicalContext aftermath of the Munich Agreement
breakup of Czecho-Slovakia
involved royal Hungarian army
surface form: Royal Hungarian Army

Slovak Land Forces
surface form: Slovak Army
location Carpathian Ruthenia
Central Europe
Eastern Slovakia
surface form: eastern Slovakia
opponent Kingdom of Hungary
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
opposedBy Czechoslovak exiled politicians (politically)
partOf interwar period conflicts in Europe
precededBy First Vienna Award
dissolution of Czechoslovakia in March 1939
primaryTheater Slovakia–Hungary border
surface form: Slovak–Hungarian border region
region Carpathian Basin
relatedTo First Vienna Award
Hungarian irredentism
Treaty of Trianon
result Hungarian victory
significantFor Hungarian territorial expansion before World War II
establishing the initial borders of the Slovak state in 1939
startDate 1939-03-23
typeOfConflict limited border war

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Slovak Air Force (WWII) theaterOfOperations Slovak–Hungarian War
Letov Š-328 usedInConflict Slovak–Hungarian War
Avia B-534 usedInConflict Slovak–Hungarian War