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MID#1246
Dispute Number: 1246
Date(s): October 12, 1938 to November 2, 1938
Participants: 310 Hungary/315 Czechoslovakia
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Negotiated)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Hungary tried to press their territorial demands for Slovakia and Ruthenia
against Czechoslovakia during the Sudetenland crisis (MID#12). Hungary’s sup-
port of Nazi Germany’s attempts to gain Sudetenland came rather late. As a result,
when Hungary made its territorial claims at a conference, the Czechs rejected the
claims. The next day, Hitler personally informed a Hungarian representative that their
demands were too late and offered only lukewarm support to Hungary. Nevertheless,
it had become an affair for the Axis powers.
The dispute between Hungary and Czechoslovakia continued, and troops occupied
fighting positions almost immediately. Hungary occupied Ipoly Sag and Satoralja
Ujhely by October 12, 1938. Czechoslovakian officials arrested as many as 305
Hungarian “terrorists” by October 14 and mobilized about 200,000 troops. The
Czechs responded by reinforcing their borders. On October 25, the tensions boiled
over into an incident where a Czech observer aircraft was shot down by two Hungar-
ian military planes. Invasions by Hungarian irregulars followed on October 31, but
were actually ordered by the Hungarian government. By the end of October, Hitler
and Mussolini agreed to form a mixed German-Italian commission to determine the
extent of the claims. On November 2, they came forward with another partition of
Czechoslovakia favorable to Hungary.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from October 13, 1938.
MID#3364
Dispute Number: 3364
Date(s): March 14, 1939 to March 17, 1939
Participants: 310 Hungary/315 Czechoslovakia
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Hungary annexed the Carpatho-Ukraine, a stretch of territory in the East
Slovakian part of Czechoslovakia. While Germany was preparing to march through
the heart of Czechoslovakia, Hungary moved across the border to claim Carpatho-
Ukraine. After some fighting with local forces, Hungary completed its land occupation
by March 17. It remained Hungarian until the end of World War II, when the area
became part of the Soviet Union.
MID#346
Started in May 1968. See the narrative in the 315 Czechoslovakia/365 Russia dyad
dispute list.