First Vienna Award

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The First Vienna Award was a 1938 territorial arbitration imposed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy that forced Czechoslovakia to cede southern Slovak and Carpatho-Ukraine regions to Hungary.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
First Vienna Award of 1938 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic event
international agreement
territorial arbitration
affectedRegion Carpatho-Ukraine
southern Slovak regions
southern Slovakia
southern parts of Carpathian Ruthenia
alsoKnownAs First Vienna Award
surface form: First Vienna Award of 1938
arbitratingPower Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
beneficiaryState Hungary
cededFrom Czechoslovakia
cededTo Hungary
consequence increased Hungarian control over Slovak and Ruthenian areas
weakening of Czechoslovakia
date 1938-11-02
disputedBy Czechoslovak government-in-exile
followedBy occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939
historicalContext interwar period
prelude to World War II
imposedBy Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
language Czech
German
Hungarian
Italian
laterStatus declared null and void after World War II
legalForm arbitral award
location Vienna
losingState Czechoslovakia
participant Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Italy
partOf dismemberment of Czechoslovakia
relatedTo Munich Agreement
Second Vienna Award
result revision of Trianon borders
territorial gains for Hungary
territorial losses for Czechoslovakia
signedBy representatives of Czechoslovakia
representatives of Germany
representatives of Hungary
representatives of Italy
signedIn Vienna
subjectOf Hungarian revisionism
year 1938

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

southern Slovakia affectedByTreaty First Vienna Award
subject surface form: Southern Slovakia
First Vienna Award alsoKnownAs First Vienna Award
this entity surface form: First Vienna Award of 1938
Munich Agreement followedBy First Vienna Award
Hungary in World War II keyAgreement First Vienna Award
Second Vienna Award predecessor First Vienna Award
Hungarian revisionism significantEvent First Vienna Award