Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

14 March 1938 - It is the end of Czechoslovakia as the world knows it. A nation not even two decades old has ceased to be today as the Slovakian Diet voted unanimously for its independence and Czech President Emil Hácha declared the remnants of the state protectorates of the German Reich.

The cause of these events are far more shocking. Many claim President Hitler has violated his claims to no further territorial gains in Europe, that Hitler was responsible for the dismemberment of the Czechslovak state, and fear this latest development may lead to a continental conflict. Anonymous sources have stated that President Hácha was summoned to Berlin and browbeaten into surrendering his nation to the German leader under penalty of aerial bombardment. Rather than let his nation suffer, Hácha surrendered to Hitler's terms.

There is still no word from either the French or British governments on the matter.

SOURCE: Courier-Journal