What the records say
- When
- 21 Nov 1939
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 49.49° N, 19.67° E
- Government
- Slovakia
- Former government
- Poland
- History
- Taking advantage of Poland's demise, Slovakia annexed Ora.
- Source map
- The German Eastern Space · 1941 · 1:1,000,000 · Richard Schwarz, Berlin
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Slovak invasion of Poland
1939 World War II invasion
The Slovak invasion of Poland occurred during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939. The recently created Slovak Republic joined the attack, and Field Army Bernolák contributed over 50,000 soldiers in three divisions.
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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