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Czechoslovakia is composed of three very old sountries, Bohemia, Moravia,
and Slovakia. The Republic of Czechoslavakia was established after World
War I, in 1918 and incorporated these three nations into the new republic.
Hitler gained control of the Sudetenland, an area of western Bohemia with
German ties, by stirring up anger amongst the Germans living there and
promising France and England that there would be peace after that. Hitler
and Mussolini did not follow this agreement and they went on to occupy
Czechoslavakia and exterminate the Jews who lived there.
After World War II, Czechoslovakia became a communist country in 1948. A
one party system was established and a harsh Stalinist period followed.
Opposition was violently suppressed by the government.
In 1968 the Russians, Polish, East Germans, Hungarians, and Bulgarians
invaded Czechoslovakia to stop its liberalization. Repression was severe and
many people fled or suffered. Czechoslovakia is industrialized and
technologically advanced in comparison with other Eastern European countries
but its recent progress has been on the decline because of the government's
opposition to economic reform.
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