Jozef Tiso
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(07)1939
March
- 23
- The German–Slovak Treaty of ProtectionOn 23 March 1939 Ribbentrop signed a treaty placing Slovakia under Reich “protection”, giving the Wehrmacht a zone of its territory and control of its army.
- The Slovak–Hungarian War beginsAt dawn on 23 March 1939 Hungarian troops entered eastern Slovakia without a declaration of war. Germany, guarantor of the new state, did not come to its aid.