Czechoslovakia (Carpe Diem)

The Federal Republic of Czechoslovakia, also known as Czechoslovakia (: Československo, : Česko‑Slovensko), is a sovereign state in Central Europe that came into existence on October 29, 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the final days of. It shares borders with to the north,  to the west, the  to the east, and  and  to the south.

In 1938, following the, turned his attention to the , an area of Czechoslovakia that bordered  which had a substantial German population. The in 1938 called for Czechoslovakia to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany, as part of British Prime Minister  policy of. However the Czechoslovakian government led by refused to abide by the agreements. In response to these disagreements, Hitler launched and invaded Czechoslovakia.