@misc{Kamiński_Marek_Kazimierz_(1948–2020)_Czechoslovakia_2016, author={Kamiński, Marek Kazimierz (1948–2020)}, editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license}, address={Warsaw}, howpublished={online}, year={2016}, language={eng}, abstract={The problem of lands inhabited by German populations within the Czechoslovak state, called the Sudeten Germans, caused the fall of Czechoslovakia in 1938. The Germans had the right to demand ‒ under the principle of self-determination‒ the creation of an independent state. In 1921 there was in Czechoslovakia a substantial German minority of 23.4 percent, making it the second largest nationality in the republic. When determining new borderlines, the victorious powers of the Entente were able to prevent an unnecessary conflict which pushed Europe in 1938 on the threshold of a new world war. But they missed the opportunity for the lack of their political imagination. And it was Czechoslovakia who paid dearly for it.}, type={Text}, title={Czechoslovakia in face of the dictates of Western powers in 1938 in the light of Jan Masaryk’s correspondence from London}, URL={http://rcin.org.pl/Content/62828/PDF/WA303_82395_SDR-51-1-SI_Kaminski.pdf}, volume={51}, number={1, Special Issue}, journal={Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej}, publisher={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, keywords={Czechoslovakia - politics and governments - 1938-1945, Masaryk, Jan (1886-1948), Sudeten Germans, Czechoslovakia - foreign relations - Great Britain - 1900-1945, Great Britain - foreign relations - Czechoslovakia - 1900-1945, partition of Czechoslovakia 1938}, }