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1939 - Slovakia seceded from Czecho-Slovakia and allied itself, as demanded by Germany, with Hitler's coalition<br> | 1939 - Slovakia seceded from Czecho-Slovakia and allied itself, as demanded by Germany, with Hitler's coalition<br> | ||
1944 - 1945 A bloody German occupation and a guerilla war followed. Germans and their local collaborators completely destroyed 93 villages and massacred thousands of civilians, often hundreds at a time. The territory of Slovakia was liberated by Soviet and Romanian forces<br> | 1944 - 1945 A bloody German occupation and a guerilla war followed. Germans and their local collaborators completely destroyed 93 villages and massacred thousands of civilians, often hundreds at a time. The territory of Slovakia was liberated by Soviet and Romanian forces<br> | ||
1993 - The Slovak Republic and | 1993 - The Slovak Republic and Czechia went their separate ways, an event sometimes called the Velvet Divorce. Slovakia has remained a close partner with Czechia. Both countries co-operate with Hungary and Poland in the Visegrád Group that is a cultural and political alliance of four Central European states, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia<br> | ||
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