History of Czechoslovakia
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With the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I, the independent country of Czechoslovakia was formed as a result of the critical initiative of the first Czechoslovak president Thomas M
Czechoslovak Legions in Vladivostok (1918)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia.
From left to right: Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Ciano pictured before signing the Munich Agreement in September 1938, which gave the Sudetenland to Germany.
Sudeten Germans in Saaz (Žatec) greet the Wehrmacht with Nazi salutes.
Tomáš Masaryk
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of
History of Czechoslovakia
…independent country of Czechoslovakia (Czech, Slovak: Československo) was formed as a result of the critical initiative of the first Czechoslovak president Thomas Masaryk and the intervention of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, among others. The Czechs and Slovaks were not at the same level of economic and technological…
Portico of the University of Vienna's New Aula, where Masaryk studied philosophy.
Hustopeče: Grave of Masaryk's parents
Triumvirate of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Edvard Beneš.
Masaryk and his daughter, Olga, returning from exile on 21 December 1918