First Czechoslovak Republic
1918–1938 republic in Central/Eastern Europe
The First Czechoslovak Republic was a country in Eastern Europe. It was commonly known as Czechoslovakia, and it existed between 1918 and 1938. It was occupied by Nazi Germany and became the Protectorate of the Third Reich.
Czechoslovak Republic Československá republika | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1918–1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Flag (after 1920)
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| Motto: Pravda vítězí / Pravda víťazí "Truth prevails" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anthem: ’Kde domov můj’ (Czech) ’Where my home is’ ’Nad Tatrou sa blýska’ (Slovak) ’Lightning Over the Tatras’ | |||||||||||||||||||
 The Czechoslovak Republic in 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Prague | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official languages | Czechoslovak, German | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Czechoslovaka (Czech · Slovak) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Czechoslovak | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1935 | Tomáš Masaryk | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 | Edvard Beneš | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1918–1919 (first) | Karel Kramář | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1935–1938 (last) | Milan Hodža | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 October 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29 February 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 September 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Czechoslovak koruna | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bibliography
change- Kárník, Zdeněk: Malé dějiny československé (1867–1939), Dokořán (2008), Praha, ISBN 978-80-7363-146-8 (in Czech)
- Olivová, Věra: Dějiny první republiky, Karolinum Press (2000), Praha, ISBN 80-7184-791-7 (in Czech)
- Peroutka, Ferdinand: Budování státu I.-IV., Academia (2003), Praha, ISBN 80-200-1121-8 (in Czech)
- Gen. František Moravec: Špión jemuž nevěřili ISBN 80-200-1006-8 (in Czech)
- Axworthy, Mark W.A. Axis Slovakia—Hitler's Slavic Wedge, 1938–1945, Bayside, N.Y. : Axis Europa Books, 2002, ISBN 1-891227-41-6