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The bulk of the Polish army was engaged in the Polish–Ukrainian War at the time, and the Polish forces faced a numerically superior and better equipped Czech Army in Cieszyn Silesia. [5] The Entente had pushed for an armistice. The result of the war was the new demarcation line, which expanded the territory controlled by Czechoslovakia.
The only railway from Czech territory to eastern Slovakia ran through this area (Košice-Bohumín Railway), and access to the railway was critical for Czechoslovakia: the newly formed country was at war with Béla Kun's revolutionary Hungarian Soviet Republic, which was attempting to re-establish Hungarian sovereignty over Slovakia.
Poland was preparing to send troops Zaolzie areas held by Czechoslovakia but were ordered by Soviet side to drop the plans. [ 7 ] Situation on Polish-Czechoslovak border was still tense. On 28 June 1945 Czechoslovak units were shooting at Polish soldiers in Sněžník which was called an incident.
Czechoslovakia had fielded a modern army of 35 divisions and was a major manufacturer of machine guns, tanks, and artillery, most of them assembled in the Škoda factory in Plzeň. Many Czech factories continued to produce Czech designs until converted to German designs. Czechoslovakia also had other major manufacturing companies.
War Allies Enemies Losses Conclusion 1919 Polish–Czechoslovak War: Czechoslovakia: Poland: 44-53 killed Indecisive 1918-1920 Revolutions and interventions in Hungary: Czechoslovakia Romania: Hungary: 2824 killed or missing Victory 1932-1935 Chaco War: Bolivia Czechoslovakia: Paraguay: Defeat 1938 Sudeten German uprising: Czechoslovakia ...
Both Poland and the Czech part of Czechoslovakia were occupied by Germany during World War II, and both Poland and Czechoslovakia were part of the Allies of World War II. There were even talks of a confederation between the two countries ; those plans were however opposed by the Soviet Union , which eventually gained other Allies' support in ...
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Polish invasion of Czechoslovakia can refer to: The annexation of parts of modern Czech territory by Poland in 1938 The Polish participation in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968