The Sudetenland was part of Germany until 1806.

Sudetenland (Sudety in Czech) was the name used in 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci) in the various places of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. (The region was only partly confined to the mountains of Sudeten). In 1918–38 and after 1945, the region was part of Czechoslovakia (from 1993, in the Czech Republic). 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bohemia Historical map of Bohemia Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York. ... Karkonosze The Sudetes, also called Sudeten (German; SAMPA: [sudeIt@n]) or Sudety ([sudetI] in Czech, [sudetI] in Polish), is a mountain range in Central Europe. ...

History of Sudetenland

As Sudetenland is a 20th century name and not a historical region, it is difficult to describe some consistent history of the Sudetenland. The history of Sudetenland followed the history of Bohemia and Moravia. Small parts of Sudetenland lie in the historical region of Silesia. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... This is a list of major historical regions of Central Europe. ... Bohemia Historical map of Bohemia Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York. ... Moravia (Czech: Morava) is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. ... Please be advised that the factual accuracy of Wikipedia articles dealing with topics related to the Oder-Neisse Line is often disputed. ...

Regions called later Sudetenland were part of the Slavic state known as Great Moravia for some five years (888/890 to 894/895). The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... Great Moravia (Czech Velká Morava, Slovak Veľká Morava, Latin Magna Moravia) was a Slav state existing on the territory of present-day Moravia and Slovakia between 833 and the early 10th century. ...

Bohemia become the Czech Kingdom, ruled by dynasty of Premysl. The kingdom became a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. After the extinction of Premyslides it was ruled by the Luxemburgs, later the Jagiellonians, until later Habsburg imperial rulers inherited the land of Bohemia. The border regions of Bohemia and Moravia, called Sudetenland in the 20th century, were settled by the Germans from the 13th century onwards. This article is about an ancient Czech ruler. ... The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (2nd half of the 10th century), now held in the Vienna Schatzkammer. ... Luxembourg - a small country in west Europe Luxembourg (city) - the capital city of the country Luxembourg (district) - a district in the country Luxembourg, province of Belgium Luxemburg, Iowa - a city in the USA Luxemburg, Wisconsin - a village in the USA Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France Luxemburg Township, Minnesota - a township in... The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty which reigned in some Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

After the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, lands of Czech Kingdom became a part of the Habsburg Empire (later Austria-Hungary). Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

As the modern concepts of nation and nationalism gained power in the 19th century, divisions between Czechs and Germans emerged. A nation is an imagined community of people created by a national ideology, to which certain norms and behavior are usually attributed. ... Quote: -Albert Einstein Nationalism is an ethno-political ideology that sustains the concept of a nation-identity for an exclusive group of people. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By the Versailles Treaty, the lands of Bohemia and Moravia became part of the new state of Czechoslovakia. The controversies between the Czechs and the Germans intensified in the 1930s and the German minority (which was actually a majority in the border regions, for which the term Sudetenland was coined), led by the Nazi politician Konrad Henlein, was gradually escalating its demands. See Germans in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938). Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Konrad Henlein (May 6, 1898 - May 10, 1945) was the most important pro-Nazi politician in Czechoslovakia and leader of Sudeten German separatists. ... This article is part of the article Czechoslovakia The most intractable nationality problem in the interwar period - one that played a major role in the destruction of democratic Czechoslovakia - was that of the Sudeten Germans in Sudetenland. ...

Conflict over the Sudetenland began immediately after the Anschluss (March 1938). This led to the Czechoslovak Crisis. The German Nazis — together with their Sudeten German allies – claimed throughout the year that the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia were being mistreated and oppressed by the Czech government, and demanded incorporation of the region into the Third Reich. The Western powers urged the Czechs to comply with Germany believing that they can prevent a general war by appeasing Hitler. Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, on September 15, and agreed to the cession of the Sudetenland, as did Edouard Daladier and Georges Bonnet three days later. The Czechs themselves were not included in these discussions. Chamberlain met Hitler in Godesberg on September 22 to confirm the agreements. The discussions here fell through, however, as Hitler made new demands that Chamberlain was not able to defend in parliament. The general German term Anschluss often refers to the specific political incident Anschluss Österreichs, meaning the inclusion of Austria in a Greater Germany in 1938. ... The Munich Agreement and the first Vienna Award After the Austrian Anschluss, Czechoslovakia was to become Hitlers next target. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869–9 November 1940) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937–1940. ... Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), a German politician who was the founder of the Third Reich (1933-1945), is widely regarded as one of the most significant and reviled leaders in world history. ... French politician Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (June 18, 1884 - October 10, 1970) was a French politician, and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War. ... Georges-Étienne Bonnet (July 22/23, 1889 - June 18, 1973) was a French politician who served as Foreign Minister under Édouard Daladier at the time of the Munich Conference in 1938. ...

Hitler agreed to meet representatives from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy at the conference in Munich (September 29), out of which came the Munich Agreement ceding the Sudetenland to Germany. The Sudetenland would be occupied between October 1 and October 10. This unification with the Third Reich was followed by the flight and forcible expulsion of the region's Czech population to remaining parts of Czechoslovakia, which was subsequently invaded and annexed by Germany in March 1939. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Munich Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938 and concluded on September 29. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After World War II those Sudeten Germans, who were not able to prove they were anti-Nazi, were expelled from the country, as ordered by the Potsdam conference in 1945. The property of these former citizens of Czechoslovakia was confiscated according to the Beneš decrees. Expulsion and forced resettlement was associated with many excesses and murders. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the mass deportation of people considered Germans (both Reichsdeutsche and Volksdeutsche) from Soviet-occupied areas outside of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, and is one major part of the German exodus from Eastern Europe after World War II. The... Attlee, Truman, and Stalin at Potsdam The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), from July 17 to August 2, 1945. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beneš decrees were a series of laws enacted by the Czechoslovak government of exile during World War II in absence of Czechoslovak parliament (see details in Czechoslovakia: World War II (1939 - 1945)). Today, the term is most frequently used for the part of them dealing with status of Germans...

There are various organisations which represent Sudeten people, most notably the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft and the Munich-based Verband der Sudetendeutschen (Sudeten-German Federation). Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...

Czechoslovakia – From creation to dissolution – Overview

See also

• Sudetes
• Germans in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938)
• Role of Sudeten Germans before Munich agreement
• Expulsion of Germans after World War II
• Pursuit of Nazi collaborators in Czechoslovakia

Karkonosze The Sudetes, also called Sudeten (German; SAMPA: [sudeIt@n]) or Sudety ([sudetI] in Czech, [sudetI] in Polish), is a mountain range in Central Europe. ... This article is part of the article Czechoslovakia The most intractable nationality problem in the interwar period - one that played a major role in the destruction of democratic Czechoslovakia - was that of the Sudeten Germans in Sudetenland. ... The Munich Agreement and the first Vienna Award After the Austrian Anschluss, Czechoslovakia was to become Hitlers next target. ... The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the mass deportation of people considered Germans (both Reichsdeutsche and Volksdeutsche) from Soviet-occupied areas outside of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, and is one major part of the German exodus from Eastern Europe after World War II. The... The pursuit of Nazi collaborators refers to the post-WWII pursuit and apprehension of individuals who were not citizens of the Third Reich at the outbreak of World War II and collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. ...

External links

• Czech-German Declaration (http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germ/czecheng.html)
• Facing history — The evolution of Czech-German relations in the Czech provinces, 1848–1948 (http://www.mkcr.cz/article.php?id=1008): historical publication sponsored by Czech government; series of PDF files
• Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft (http://www.sudeten.de/bas/index_a.htm)
• Sudetendeutsches Archiv (http://www.sudetendeutsches-archiv.de/web/de/index.htm)
• Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft Bayern (http://www.sudeten-by.de/)

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Resources

• Bell, P.M.H. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. Addison Wesley Longman Ltd: London, 1997.