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Sudetenland

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Su·de·ten·land  (s-dtn-lnd, -länt, z-)
A historical region of the northern Czech Republic along the Polish border. Long inhabited by ethnic Germans, it was seized by the Nazis in September 1938 and was restored to Czechoslovakia in 1945, after which the German population was expelled.
Sudetenland [suːˈdeɪtənˌlænd]
n
(Placename) a mountainous region of the N Czech Republic: part of Czechoslovakia (1919-38; 1945-93); occupied by Germany (1938-45) Also called the Sudeten
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1938: The Munich Pact, an agreement between Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, was signed, under which the Sudetenland was surrendered to Nazi Germany.
Onthisday by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
1938: The Munich Pact, an agreement between Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, was signed, under which the Sudetenland was surrendered to Nazi Germany.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Chamberlain's bid to avoid war culminated in Britain and France agreeing that the Czech region of Sudetenland should be ceded to Germany.
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