What the records say
- When
- 1 Oct 1938
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 49.67° N, 18.62° E
- Government
- Poland
- Former government
- Czechoslovakia
- History
- Fearing the Germans would annex Teschen, Poland gave Czechoslovakia an ultimatum, demanding the region. It was home to a large Polish population.
- Source map
- Czechoslovakia and Hungary · 1:1,400,000 · Geographisches Instutitut AG, Leipzig
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Trans-Olza
Historic region of the Czech Republic
Trans-Olza, also known as Trans-Olza Silesia, is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the interwar period. Its name comes from the Olza River.
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2 sources record it
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War Project · names it “Czechoslovakia → Poland (annexation)”Correlates of War: free use with citation
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Czadcę25 Nov 1938 · Battle
- Teschen → Germany8 Oct 1939 · Territorial change
- Battle of Czajánek's barracks14 Mar 1939 · Battle
- Jabłonków Incident26 Aug 1939 · Military operation
- Battle of Węgierska Górka1 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Battle of Pszczyna1 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Battle of Mikołów1 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Gleiwitz incident31 Aug 1939 · Military operation · Deaths 1