Title:

Czechoslovakia in face of the dictates of Western powers in 1938 in the light of Jan Masaryk’s correspondence from London

Subtitle:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej Vol. 51 no 1 (2016), Special Issue

Creator:

Kamiński, Marek Kazimierz (1948–2020)

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2016

Description:

p. 197-204 ; Summary in English. ; Text eng.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Czechoslovakia - politics and governments - 1938-1945 ; Masaryk, Jan (1886-1948) ; Sudeten Germans ; Czechoslovakia - foreign relations - Great Britain - 1900-1945 ; Great Britain - foreign relations - Czechoslovakia - 1900-1945 ; partition of Czechoslovakia 1938

Abstract:

The problem of lands inhabited by German populations within the Czechoslovak state, called the Sudeten Germans, caused the fall of Czechoslovakia in 1938. The Germans had the right to demand ‒ under the principle of self-determination‒ the creation of an independent state. In 1921 there was in Czechoslovakia a substantial German minority of 23.4 percent, making it the second largest nationality in the republic. When determining new borderlines, the victorious powers of the Entente were able to prevent an unnecessary conflict which pushed Europe in 1938 on the threshold of a new world war. But they missed the opportunity for the lack of their political imagination. And it was Czechoslovakia who paid dearly for it.

Relation:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Volume:

51

Issue:

1, Special Issue

Start page:

197

End page:

204

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : others citable

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

e-ISSN 2353-6403 ; 10.12775/SDR.2016.EN1.08

Source:

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Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open