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... Background:In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation...

3) Slovakia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...century and was generally under Hungarian rule until 1918, when it became part of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia became a German puppet state during World War II and was...

4) Slovakia. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Slovakia (sluh-VAH-kee-uh) Republic in central Europe, formed in 1993 out of the former Czechoslovakia. It is bounded on the west by Austria, on the northwest by...

5) Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia, (mor´ava) (KEY) , Ger. March, river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Sudetes, N Czech Republic, and flowing generally...

6) b. Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...b. Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia) (See 1945, May 9) 1945, April 5 Klement Gottwald, vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia and a leader of the Czechoslovak...

7) Czechoslovakia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Czechoslovakia, (chek´oslovak´e) (KEY) , Czech eskoslovensko (ches´kosloven´sko) (KEY) , former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central Europe....

8) 1939, March 10-16. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...CZECHOSLOVAK STATE. The crisis began when the Prague government deposed Mgr. Tiso, premier of Slovakia, for allegedly working for separation, with support of the...

9) Czech Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...pop. 10,296,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland...

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...took office. 2 Feb. 8 Two separate currencies came into force for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 3 Feb. 15 Michal Kovac was elected president of Slovakia. 4 March...