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This Day in HistoryNov. 8
Battle of White Mountain, Prague. British, French, German and Italian leaders decided to appease Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. Thousands of East Germans who had sought refuge in West German embassies in Czechoslovakia and Poland began emigrating under an accord between Soviet bloc and NATO nations. Know a political, historical or cultural fact about The Czech Republic, which took place today? Send it in to the Central Europe History Editor. |
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