by Ciprian Stoleru | Jul 27, 2020 | Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Programmatic Documents, Romania, Treaty of Versailles, Yugoslavia
The Trianon Peace Treaty was signed on June 4th, 1920 by France, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Japan, Romania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Czechoslovakia and nine other states, on the one hand, and Hungary, on the other hand, being... by Ciprian Stoleru | Oct 11, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania
Through the treaties signed at the Versailles Peace Conference (1919-1920), Romania managed to obtain the international recognition of the Great Union. The leaders of Romania at that time had to preserve the integrity of the new borders by maintaining and observing... by Ciprian Stoleru | Sep 12, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia
To ensure its security, Romania sought immediately after the end of the First World War to conclude a series of regional alliances. The Little Entente and the alliance with Poland were subsumed to this objective. The First World War did not end for Romania in November... by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Programmatic Documents
Reproduced below is the text of the Czecho-Slovak declaration of independence, issued by the Paris-based Provisional Government on 18 October 1918. „At this grave moment, when the Hohenzollerns are offering peace in order to stop the victorious advance of the allied... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 26, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Russian Empire
By defeating the Red Guards and taking control of the Siberian railway, the Czechoslovak Legion gave a helping hand to the White movement, a loose coalition of forces opposed to the new Bolshevik regime. Moreover, the Whites even requested their help, hoping for a... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 22, 2019 | Czechoslovakia, Russian Empire
Immediately after the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, the Czechoslovak Legion decided that the struggle for independence against the Austro-Hungarian Empire must continue and were set to go to France, half a world away. They avoided enemy capture and headed for the east of...