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March 15, 1939
On March 15, 1939, germany occupies Czechoslovakia. Clay Shaw, Ali Khamenei, Karel Gott would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 15, 1939
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
Around 1939
The year in brief
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
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On March 15, 1939
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1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. Period of Czechoslovak history
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
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1939 Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. Short-lived autonomous region and unrecognized state (1938–1939)
Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine was an autonomous region within the Second Czechoslovak Republic and short-lived state. It was created in December 1938 and renamed from Subcarpathian Rus', whose full administrative and political autonomy had been confirmed by constitutional law of 22 November 1938.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1939
- April 1 Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
- April 18 Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
- April 30 The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
- April 30 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
- April 7 Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania and forces King Zog I into exile.
- April 7 Italy invades Albania.
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