Little War

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Little War is the common name for the brief 1939 border conflict between Slovakia and Hungary that followed the breakup of Czechoslovakia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict
military conflict
war
conflictBetween Hungary
Slovakia
follows First Vienna Award
dissolution of Czechoslovakia
hasAlternativeName Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939
hasBelligerent Kingdom of Hungary
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
hasCause Hungarian revisionist claims
territorial disputes after breakup of Czechoslovakia
hasCommonName Little War
hasContext post-Munich Agreement territorial rearrangements in Central Europe
hasDuration about one week
hasEndTime 1939-03-31
hasFrontType border skirmishes
hasHistoricalSignificance consolidation of Hungarian control over parts of former Czechoslovakia
hasLocation Carpathian Ruthenia region
linked to: Carpathian Ruthenia

Slovak–Hungarian border
eastern Slovakia
linked to: Eastern Slovakia
hasNameInHungarian Kis háború
hasNameInSlovak Malá vojna
hasNature brief border war
hasOpposingSide Slovak forces vs. Hungarian forces
hasOutcome Hungarian victory
hasPrimaryTheater Central Europe
hasResult Hungarian territorial gains
annexation of parts of eastern Slovakia by Hungary
hasStartTime 1939-03-23
hasTimePeriod March 1939
hasTypeOfWarfare conventional land warfare
involves Royal Hungarian Army
Slovak Army
linked to: Slovak Land Forces
isPartOf interwar conflicts in Europe
occursAfter occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany
occursDuring prelude to World War II in Europe
partOf history of Hungary
history of Slovakia
precedes Slovakia joining the Axis sphere of influence
relatedTo First Vienna Award
Munich Agreement
dissolution of the Second Czechoslovak Republic

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