Why did the Slovaks invade Poland in September 1939 ?
The Slovak invasion of Poland (1939) occurred during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. The recently created Slovak Republic joined the attack and the Slovak field army (Field Army Bernolák) contributed over 50,000 soldiers in three divisions. The Slovakians met only weak resistance and suffered minimal losses. On March 14, 1939, the Slovak Republic was created as a puppet state of Germany within the area of Slovakia. On November 2, 1938, a part of Slovakia, where people were mostly Hungarians, was given back to Hungary, as it was the part of it between 1001 and 1920; as a result of the First Vienna Award. Small areas of Slovakia were also occupied by Germany and Poland. Background Political pretext for Slovakian participation in the Polish Campaign was the occupation of small part of Slovakia proper by Poland on December 1, 1938. Poland did this in the aftermath of Munich Agreement (totally 226 km² with 4,280 inhabitants, almost all ethnic Slovaks).[citation needed] In addition, some
