The Slovak – Polish dispute on the incorporated territories of Spiš and Orava in 1945 Cover Image

Slovensko-poľský spor o inkorporované územia Spiša a Oravy v roku 1945
The Slovak – Polish dispute on the incorporated territories of Spiš and Orava in 1945

Author(s): Milica Majeriková-Molitoris
Subject(s): History
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Slovak – Polish territorial disputes; renewal of the frontiers in 1945; territories of Spiš and Orava

Summary/Abstract: The study considers the Slovak – Polish dispute over the incorporated territories of Spiš and Orava, which acquired intensity in connection with the passage of the front through these regions and the revival of Czechoslovakia and Poland in the final months of the Second World War in Europe, and the associated creation of the frontier between them. It describes the efforts of the Slovak and Polish regional authorities to include the incorporated territories in Czechoslovakia or Poland, and it grasps the basic historical and geopolitical factors, which led to the final renewal of the Slovak part of the Czechoslovak – Polish frontier on its pre-Munich line. The problem is considered against the background of the regional development in the given regions and development of Czechoslovak – Polish relations in the first half of 1945.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 533-550
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak