Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)
Real Dictators
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Czechoslovakia - Hitler's Image Maker
In 1939, in his New Year's message to the citizens of the Reich, he makes clear that control of the Sudetenland will be extended. Privately he uses another word, liquidation. The Czechoslovak president is Emil Hasha - an old-school ultra-conservative. On March the 9th, he dismisses the regional Slovak government,. He orders Czech troops into Slovakia and declares martial law. In Prague, Nazi sympathizes a marching through Wenceslas Square. All they need is a little encouragement.
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