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Európa ne prelome
Europe at the Turn

The Probe into the Situation in Carpathian Basin in the Years 1944-1945 with Regard to the Territory of Slovakia

Author(s): Marek Syrný, Martin Pekár
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Cold-War History
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Keywords: Europe;Slovakia;history;1945;cold war;
Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the military and diplomatic events at the end of the war with the emphasis on promoting the interests of the Soviet Union in Central Europe. It also pursues an internal political race in the renewed Czechoslovak Republic and the first post-war political or economic measures. The main aim of this study is the characterization of the most important selected factors and context of the deportations of the population from Slovak area to the Soviet Union at the turn of 1944/1945.