Talk:History of Czechoslovakia

This article is part of the History of Czechoslovakia series.

I propose the above breakdown. "The WWII Slovak Republic" just doesn't sound right. "Slovak Republic (1939-1945)"?

I also propose to remove the pre-1918 history, and place them elsewhere (Slovakia/Czech Republic series, Austria-Hungary article, etc). Comments or suggestions? --Jia ng 07:45, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Comments: - The pre-1918 history is very important, because it shows why the state arose actually and why the Czechs and Slovaks were different, which was very important for the whole History of CS. And ...compared to the original public domanin article, it has been shortened considerably. And historically, in some 20 years or so, it will be probably the most important part of the whole article anyway.

- The title German-occupied Slovakia is wrong, because it was not occupied by Germans. Slovak Republic (1939 - 1945) sounds good, but I am not sure that everybody knows that the above years correspond to World War II,which is probably important if you want to give the article an "independent" name.

- There is no reason to call the first article Czechoslovak Republic (...)instead of Czechoslovakia (...)- the long form was rarely used and there was a Czechoslovak Republic from 1948 to 1960 too (do not confuse this with the Czech Republic).

- The period 1989 - 1992 comprises not only the Fall of Communist Czechoslovakia. The Fall of Communism occurred only from November to December 1989.

- It is absolutely necessary to have a separate article on Czechoslovakia during WWII (which includes links to the Protectorate and to Slovakia), its government in exile and its liberation (just like it is now the case) because during WWII, some countries recognized Czechoslovakia (i.e.the government in exile) and other countries recognized the Protectorate + Slovakia and other countries (e.g. the Soviet Union) switched from the first to the second group.

- The period 1938 - 1939 (German occupation, Slovak autonomy, WWII) is a totaly special period in Czechoslovak history called the Second Republic. Also, treating it separately has the advantage that articles on WWII and so on can link to this special article. User:Juro

Since it is a defunct entity, we are only interested in the state's existence, not anything unreleated that happened to occur on the same land. Yes, we need to explain the origins of this state, but that is the only topic we discuss. This would either be incorporated into the first article, or into Origins of Czechoslovakia. Of course, we don't want to lose information. The info could very well belong to Slovakia under Hapsburg Rule, etc. (Czechoslovakia doesn't matter anymore since it no longer exists.)
I think it is well known, esp. among people who would have the patience to read the whole thing, that WWII in Europe occurred during those years. We could also call it simply History of Slovakia (1939-1945).
History of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939) (History of ... (year-year) works when we can't think of a specific name.
The last article concerns anything related to Czechoslovakia's demise. If the concern is that there're events unrelated to the fall of communism, per se, then it can still belong in Communist Czechoslovakia (they can slightly overlap).
Did the government-in-exile use its pre-occupation name?
Only up to 1939 or the entire war? Call it Second Republic of Czechoslovakia?

--Jia ng 22:09, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I suggest Origins of Czechoslovakia. If we incorporated it into the first article, we would gat problems with the year 1918 in its name, because these things happened before 1918.
I suggest Slovak Republic (1918-1939). Maybe I will change the name anyway, becaue I am trying to write a better history of Slovakia then the present one which is full of mistakes, but that can take time.
I simply wanted to suggest the name Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1939) [or rather-1938]. It is clear and correct. Moreover, it is quite peculiar to have one article named History of Czechoslovakia and another one History of Czechoslovakia (years x) , while the other daughter articles are not called History of Czechoslovakia (years y).
I suggest moving the parts on the end of Communism (i.e. Nov - Dec.1989) to the Communist Czechoslovakia article (actually this corresponds to the Velvet Revolution which is a separate article, so that it would be enough to link to Velvet Revolution ) and to call the last one The end of Czechoslovakia or so (for the years 1990 - 1992).
Of course. They also signed treates etc.(otherwise it would be no government-in-exile)
Only up to the end of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 (actually that is shortly before the beginning of WWII, but every text on WWII starts with the year 1938 when Hitler occupied Czechoslovakia, which was the first violent act) The problem with the 2nd republic is that it is not quite correct, because formally it started only in late 1938, while its reasons (the Munich agreement etc.) happened earlier in that year. So correct names would be: Second republic of Czechoslovakia and the Munich agreement (or the other way round), Czechoslovakia (1938 - 1939) or Czechoslovakia on the edge of World War II

We include "History of..." because when people see the article by itself, they may assume Czechoslovakia existed only from 1918 - 1939. But in the table, where it is clear that this is part of a series, we can just have [[History of Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1939)|Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1939)]]. Answer: O.K.

What's wrong with "Fall of Communist Czechoslovakia"? Why should the years 1990-1992 and the end of communism be separated? Or how about "Post-communist Czechoslovakia"? Answer: Post-communist CSK is perfect. What's wrong : I can only repeat the above - the fall occurred only in November and December 1989, afterwards the Communists played absolutely no role in the country.

What information is there about the government in exile? Would it be worth a full article? Or should we just link to it from the two other WW2-era articles? --Jia ng 06:48, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC) Answer: Have a look at the present article - information on the govern.in exile and information on the liberation of Czechoslovakia and information on the Soviet occupation of Ruthenia clearly refer to Czechoslovakia as a whole, therefore I think the best solution is to keep the present article dealing specifically with Czechoslovakia during WWII. User: Juro

Munich conference

I'm preparing an article on the concept of Western Betrayal User:Halibutt/Western betrayal. I need someone to drop in and add facts about the Munich conference and the overall fealing it gave to the Czechoslovak population. Any volunteers? Or did Czechoslovakia feel betrayed by the West and the USSR at all?Halibutt 09:48, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Minor suggestion

"Mentality" seems like a strange word to use in the first paragraph. Would "culture" be better?