Modern History of Czechoslovakia/Czech and Slovak Republics: Every year (1918-2023)

History of Czechoslovakia
The independence of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed on 28 October 1918 by the Czechoslovak National Council in Prague.
Following the Anschluss of Austria by Germany in March 1938, the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's next target for annexation was Czechoslovakia. His pretext was the privations suffered by ethnic German populations living in Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland. Their incorporation into Nazi Germany would leave the rest of Czechoslovakia powerless to resist subsequent occupation.
In late November 1938, the truncated state, renamed Czecho-Slovakia (the so-called Second Republic), was reconstituted in three autonomous units: the Czech lands (i.e. Bohemia and Moravia), Slovakia, and Ruthenia.
On 14 March 1939, the Slovak State declared its independence as a satellite state under Jozef Tiso. Hitler forced Hácha to surrender what remained of Bohemia and Moravia to German control on 15 March 1939, establishing the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. On the same day, the Carpatho-Ukraine (Subcarpathian Ruthenia) declared its independence and was immediately invaded and annexed by Hungary.
At the conclusion of World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence, and this circumstance dominated any plans or strategies for postwar reconstruction. Consequently, the political and economic organisation of Czechoslovakia became largely a matter of negotiations between Edvard Beneš and Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) exiles living in Moscow.
In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized full power in a coup d'état. Despite the country's official name remaining the Czechoslovak Republic until 1960, when it was changed to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, February 1948 is considered the end of the Third Republic.
Czechoslovakia adopted the short-lived official state name of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic during the period from 23 April 1990 to 31 December 1992, after which the country was peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
Sources:
- Wikipedia
- (Caption) Dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republics in 1992.
- Article:
1. www.oxfordrefe...
- POGKPP
‪@POGKPP‬
- World Heraldry
‪@worldheraldry‬
Music:
Europa Universalis IV Original Soundtrack OST - Battle of Lepanto
Per Kiilstofte - Battle of Kings
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