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The Czechoslovak-Polish War, widely known in Czech sources as the Seven-Day War (Czech: Sedmidenní válka) was a military confrontation between Czechoslovakia and Poland over the territory of Cieszyn Silesia in early 1919.
Slovaks from the Polish part of Orava settled mainly in Czech Silesia, and in depopulated German villages in the Czech lands (Sudetenland). On 10 March 1947, a treaty guaranteeing basic rights for Slovaks in Poland was signed between Czechoslovakia and Poland. As a result, 41 Slovak basic schools and 1 high school were opened in Poland.
War Allies Enemies Losses Conclusion 1919 Polish–Czechoslovak War: Czechoslovakia: Poland: 44-53 killed Victory 1918-1920 Revolutions and interventions in Hungary: Czechoslovakia Romania: Hungary: 2824 killed or missing Victory 1932-1935 Chaco War: Bolivia Czechoslovakia: Paraguay: Defeat 1938 Sudeten German uprising: Czechoslovakia: German ...
While much of former Czechoslovakia came under the control of Nazi Germany, Hungarian forces swiftly overran the Carpathian Ukraine. Hungary annexed some areas (e.g., Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia) in the autumn of 1938. Poland reclaimed Zaolzie previously illegally annexed by Czech during Polish-Soviet war in 1920.
Czechoslovakia gained independence in the aftermath of World War I, as Austria-Hungary fell apart, just as Poland regained independence as the Second Polish Republic after 123 years of partitions. Both emerging countries shared a long border, and soon became enveloped in a border conflict .
Map of the Polish–Czechoslovak confederation. The Polish–Czechoslovak confederation, or Polish–Czechoslovak federation, was a political concept from the time of World War II, supported by the Polish government-in-exile and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Polish invasion of Czechoslovakia can refer to: The annexation of parts of modern Czech territory by Poland in 1938; The Polish participation in the Warsaw Pact ...
The Battle of Skoczów took place in late January 1919, during the Polish–Czechoslovak War.Czechoslovak units were halted only under pressure from the Entente. The result of the war was to set a new demarcation line, which extended the territory controlled by Czechoslovakia.