German occupation of Czechoslovakia
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The German occupation of Czechoslovakia was the 1938–1939 takeover and subsequent control of Czech and Slovak territories by Nazi Germany, marking a key step in its expansion that led directly into World War II.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia | 2 |
| German occupation of the Sudetenland | 1 |
| Nazi German occupation of Czechoslovakia | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi occupation
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ |
| cause |
Munich Agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Munich Agreement of 1938
appeasement policy of Western powers ⓘ expansionist policy of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Czech historiography
ⓘ
Slovak historiography ⓘ historiography of World War II ⓘ |
| effect |
Holocaust
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust in the Czech lands and Slovakia
end of the First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ further destabilization of Europe before World War II ⓘ postwar expulsion of Sudeten Germans ⓘ start of the Second Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ strengthening of anti-Nazi resistance ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Third Czechoslovak Republic
ⓘ
liberation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
German annexation of parts of southern Slovakia
ⓘ
German annexation of the Hlučín Region ⓘ Munich Agreement ⓘ
surface form:
German annexation of the Sudetenland
German annexation of the Hlučín Region ⓘ
surface form:
German annexation of Český Těšín area
creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ establishment of the Slovak Republic ⓘ occupation of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ |
| location |
Czech lands
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ |
| participant |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Czechoslovak resistance ⓘ
surface form:
Czech resistance movement
Czechoslovakia ⓘ Gestapo ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ SS ⓘ Slovak Republic (1939–1945) ⓘ Slovak resistance movement ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Munich Agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Annexation of Sudetenland
Munich Agreement ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Aryanization of Jewish property
ⓘ
German military administration in Slovakia (1944–1945) ⓘ German repression of Czech resistance ⓘ Germanization policies in the Protectorate ⓘ Ležáky massacre ⓘ Lidice massacre ⓘ Prague uprising ⓘ Slovak National Uprising ⓘ Theresienstadt concentration camp ⓘ
surface form:
Terezín ghetto
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ closure of Czech universities in 1939 ⓘ creation of the Slovak puppet state ⓘ deportation of Czech and Slovak Jews to extermination camps ⓘ dismemberment of Czechoslovakia ⓘ establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ execution and imprisonment of Czech intelligentsia ⓘ forced labor of Czechoslovak citizens ⓘ martial law in the Protectorate ⓘ persecution of Jews in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| startTime |
1938
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1938-10-01 ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia
this entity surface form:
Nazi German occupation of Czechoslovakia
this entity surface form:
German occupation of the Sudetenland
this entity surface form:
German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia