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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Slovak declaration of independence (1939) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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) ⓘ