What the records say
- When
- 8 Oct 1939
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 49.67° N, 18.62° E
- Government
- Germany
- Former government
- Poland
- History
- Following the invasion of Poland, Teschen was reincorporated into Germany.
- Source map
- Czechoslovakia and Hungary · 1:1,400,000 · Geographisches Instutitut AG, Leipzig
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany
Territories of Poland annexed during WWII
Following the Invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, nearly a quarter of the entire territory of the Second Polish Republic was annexed by Nazi Germany and placed directly under the German civil administration. The rest of Nazi-occupied Poland was renamed as the General Government district.
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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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