First Czechoslovak Republic
The First Czechoslovak Republic was a country in Eastern Europe. It was commonly known as Czechoslovakia, and it existed between 1918 and 1938. It was occupied by Nazi Germany and became the Protectorate of the Third Reich.
Czechoslovak Republic Československá republika | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1918–1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
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.svg) The Czechoslovak Republic in 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Prague | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official languages | Czechoslovak, German | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Czechoslovaka (Czech · Slovak) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Czechoslovak | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1935 | Tomáš Masaryk | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 | Edvard Beneš | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1919 (first) | Karel Kramář | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 (last) | Milan Hodža | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||||||||
• | 28 October 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 29 February 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||
• | 30 September 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Czechoslovak koruna | ||||||||||||||||||
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First Czechoslovak Republic Media
The Czech anthem, instrumental version. The Prague National Theatre Orchestra
"Lightning over the Tatras", which is the current national anthem of the Slovak Republic.
Czechoslovakia during the interwar period
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the founding father and first President of the Czechoslovak Republic
Czechoslovakia 1920-1938, physical/Czechoslowacja 1920-38, fizyczna
Bibliography
- Kárník, Zdeněk: Malé dějiny československé (1867–1939), Dokořán (2008), Praha, ISBN 978-80-7363-146-8 (in Czech)
- Olivová, Věra: Dějiny první republiky, Karolinum Press (2000), Praha, ISBN 80-7184-791-7 (in Czech)
- Peroutka, Ferdinand: Budování státu I.-IV., Academia (2003), Praha, ISBN 80-200-1121-8 (in Czech)
- Gen. František Moravec: Špión jemuž nevěřili ISBN 80-200-1006-8 (in Czech)
- Axworthy, Mark W.A. Axis Slovakia—Hitler's Slavic Wedge, 1938–1945, Bayside, N.Y. : Axis Europa Books, 2002, ISBN 1-891227-41-6