Sudeten Crisis

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The Sudeten Crisis was a 1938 diplomatic and political confrontation in which Nazi Germany demanded and ultimately secured the cession of Czechoslovakia’s predominantly German-speaking border regions, helping pave the way to World War II.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sudeten Crisis canonical 3
Munich Crisis 2
Czechoslovak crisis of 1938 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic crisis ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
prelude to World War II ⓘ
affectedEntity First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
alternativeName Czechoslovak crisis of 1938 ⓘ
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
concerns German-speaking minority in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
conflictType international diplomatic confrontation ⓘ
culminatedIn Munich Agreement ⓘ
followedBy Munich Agreement ⓘ
hasCause ethnic tensions in Sudetenland ⓘ
revision of post-World War I borders ⓘ
territorial claims by Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasDate September 1938 ⓘ
hasEndTime 1938 ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Munich Conference ⓘ
linked to: Munich Agreement
hasLocation Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Sudetenland ⓘ
hasStartTime 1938 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
involvedCountry Czechoslovakia ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
involvedLeader Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Benito Mussolini ⓘ
Edvard Beneš ⓘ
Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Édouard Daladier ⓘ
languageCommunityInvolved German-speaking population ⓘ
ledTo increased distrust of Nazi Germany in Britain and France ⓘ
occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 ⓘ
mainDemand cession of Sudetenland to Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Czechoslovak government ⓘ
partOf events leading to World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
precededBy Anschluss ⓘ
relatedAgreement Munich Agreement ⓘ
relatedConcept Lebensraum ⓘ
appeasement ⓘ
result cession of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany ⓘ
policy of appeasement toward Hitler ⓘ
strengthening of Nazi Germany ⓘ
weakening of Czechoslovakia’s defenses ⓘ
supportedBy Sudeten German Party ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of 1935–1945 → significantEvent → Munich Crisis ⓘ
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Polish ultimatum to Czechoslovakia → partOf → Munich Crisis ⓘ
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Hossbach Memorandum → relatedTo → Sudeten Crisis ⓘ
Sudeten Crisis → alternativeName → Czechoslovak crisis of 1938 ⓘ
linked to: Sudeten Crisis
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → notableEvent → Munich Crisis of 1938 ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick Lindley
linked to: Sudeten Crisis