Notes1. Monsignor Jozef Tiso and nationalists of the Slovak
People’s Party pushed for Slovak independence and aligned
themselves with the Nazi Party in Germany.
2. In 1939, from March 23 to March 31, a border war was
fought between Slovakia and Hungary.
3. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
4. On November 24, 1940, Slovakia also signed the Tripartite
Pact. Hitler asked the newly formed Slovak Republic to
join the invasion of Poland.
5. Slovakia did not participate in the start of the Axis invasion
of the Soviet Union.
6. On August 29, 1944, the Slovak National Uprising broke
out after German troops invaded Slovakia.
7. Approximately 60,000 of the 95,000 Slovakian Jews were
deported by the Nazis and sent to death camps in German-
occupied Poland before 1942.
8. Slovakia lost its independence and was reunified with the
Czech Republic.
Questions
1. What do you think would happen if the Slovak Republic
didn’t side with Germany?
2. Do you think Tiso was an actual war criminal or was he
just stinking up for his country?
3. Do you think that the Slovak Republic would be around
today if none of this happened?
Tiso Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO8JQ-
FZjm0&t=8s
into the second world war and when they came into a
national uprising. How the uprising came out and broke out
after the German troops invaded Slovakia. The German
occupation troops continued the attacks of the Final
Solution by deporting Slovak Jews to mass death-camps in
Germany and Poland. It was all the chaos of war and the
video explains it all.
The video was really informative and shared a great
deal about the Slovak republic and how it started and
ended. There is no picture quality in the video, just audio,
but that is good enough to get the information you need to
learn about the Slovak republic from 1939 to 1945.
Notes
1. Monsignor Jozef Tiso and nationalists of the Slovak
People’s Party pushed for Slovak independence and aligned
themselves with the Nazi Party in Germany.
2. In 1939, from March 23 to March 31, a border war was
fought between Slovakia and Hungary.
3. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
4. On November 24, 1940, Slovakia also signed the Tripartite
Pact. Hitler asked the newly formed Slovak Republic to
join the invasion of Poland.
5. Slovakia did not participate in the start of the Axis invasion
of the Soviet Union.
6. On August 29, 1944, the Slovak National Uprising broke
out after German troops invaded Slovakia.
7. Approximately 60,000 of the 95,000 Slovakian Jews were
deported by the Nazis and sent to death camps in German-
occupied Poland before 1942.
8. Slovakia lost its independence and was reunified with the
Czech Republic.
Berlin on March 13, 1939. Later though he was tried and
executed as a war criminal, but later people saw him as a
good man for them because he fought for them when times
were tough. He pushed for independence because he knew
what was right and what was wrong. Yes, he was later a
criminal of war, but he did fight for them and did not back
down to anyone.
From the beginning, the Slovak Republic was under
the influence of Germany. The protection treaty, signed on
23 March 1939, partially subordinated its foreign, military,
and economic policy to that of Germany. This is why
Germany always had the upper hand on the Slovaks,
because they were one, more powerful and had more men
that is the obvious one, but by them signing that treaty
knowing they have very little man power and asking them
for protection basically subdued them to the German army.
It wasn’t a good plan to say the least, but the Slovaks
needed protection and Germany was the main enemy to a
lot of people so they didn’t want them to be added to that
list because they knew they could’ve gotten wiped out and
the Slovaks would be no more. Slovakia did not help in the
start of the Axis invasion, which began on June 22, 1941,
and Hitler did not ask for help from Slovakia, the Slovaks
decided to send an expeditionary force, but they saw this as
a good idea to show their end of the bargain so Hitler
wouldn’t get mad and turn over the treaty and not protect
the Slovaks anymore. Towards the end of the war the
Slovaks were to sign the treaty of Paris, Slovakia lost its
independence and was reunified with the Czech Republic.
Hungarian and Czechoslovak authorities forced an
exchange of population. That was the start and end of the
Slovak Republic, they went in searching for independence
until the war was over and then they reunited with their
friends. They asked Hitler for help and protection because
they needed it and they survived through it. That is the
Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945.
The video for The Slovak Republic, no video, just audio.
Reflection
In the video they talk about the Slovak Republic and
how it came to be. How it started and ended from start to
finish. It was hard for the Slovaks to fight for themselves
because they weren’t a large country and not a large army.
In the video they say how they asked Hitler for protection
and signed a treaty for that protection. They also helped out
Hitler and his army during the war in honor of that
protection. It talks about the war with Hungary and the
invasion of Poland. All the things that happened with the
Slovak Republic was told in the video. When they came
Summary
The Slovak Republic, otherwise known as the Slovak
State, was a client state of Nazi Germany which existed
between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945. It was created
out of the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia one day before the
start of the German occupation. They declared
independence and the Slovaks were taking their affairs into
their own hands, accepting that the post-Munich Czecho-
Slovak government could do nothing to protect them
against territorial demands by Poland and Hungary. The
slovak leader Jozef Tiso, who was a priest and got them the
independence vote in parliament after meeting Hitler in
Berlin on March 13, 1939. Later though he was tried and
executed as a war criminal, but later people saw him as a
good man for them because he fought for them when times
were tough. He pushed for independence because he knew
what was right and what was wrong. Yes, he was later a
criminal of war, but he did fight for them and did not back
down to anyone.
From the beginning, the Slovak Republic was under
the influence of Germany. The protection treaty, signed on
23 March 1939, partially subordinated its foreign, military,
and economic policy to that of Germany. This is why
Germany always had the upper hand on the Slovaks,
because they were one, more powerful and had more men
that is the obvious one, but by them signing that treaty
knowing they have very little man power and asking them
for protection basically subdued them to the German army.
It wasn’t a good plan to say the least, but the Slovaks
needed protection and Germany was the main enemy to a
lot of people so they didn’t want them to be added to that
list because they knew they could’ve gotten wiped out and
the Slovaks would be no more. Slovakia did not help in the
start of the Axis invasion, which began on June 22, 1941,
and Hitler did not ask for help from Slovakia, the Slovaks
decided to send an expeditionary force, but they saw this as
a good idea to show their end of the bargain so Hitler
wouldn’t get mad and turn over the treaty and not protect
the Slovaks anymore. Towards the end of the war the
Slovaks were to sign the treaty of Paris, Slovakia lost its
independence and was reunified with the Czech Republic.
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