Slovak declaration of independence (1939)

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The Slovak declaration of independence (1939) was the act by which Slovakia seceded from Czechoslovakia under German pressure, establishing the First Slovak Republic as a Nazi-aligned client state at the outset of World War II.

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instanceOf declaration of independence
historical event
political act
characterization client state formation
constitutionalConsequence creation of a presidential republic under Jozef Tiso
end of Czechoslovak sovereignty over Slovakia
continent Europe
country Slovakia
countryFromWhichSeceded Czechoslovakia
date 1939-03-14
declaredBy Slovak Diet
Slovak parliament
linked to: Slovak Assembly
followedBy German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia
establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
historicalSignificance example of German-orchestrated state creation before World War II
marked the birth of the First Slovak Republic
ideologyContext Slovak nationalism
authoritarianism
clerical fascism
keyFigure Ferdinand Ďurčanský
Jozef Tiso
Vojtech Tuka
language Slovak
ledTo Slovakia joining the Axis
alliance of Slovakia with Nazi Germany
legalForm parliamentary resolution
location Bratislava
militaryConsequence Slovak participation in Operation Barbarossa
Slovak participation in the invasion of Poland
notRecognizedBy Czechoslovak government-in-exile
partOf events leading to World War II
politicalAlignment Nazi Germany
politicalContext dismemberment of Czechoslovakia
expansion of Nazi Germany in Central Europe
precededBy Autonomy of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia (1938)
Munich Agreement
pressureFrom Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
recognizedBy Axis powers
Nazi Germany
region Central Europe
relatedEvent Carpatho-Ukraine declaration of independence (1939)
Vienna Arbitration (First Vienna Award)
linked to: First Vienna Award
resultedIn First Slovak Republic
timePeriod interwar period
outset of World War II

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Second Czechoslovak Republic dissolutionEvent Slovak declaration of independence (1939)