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What happened to the czechoslovak army after 1939?

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The strategic situation was so hopeless after Munich that no resistance was offered. Czech weaponry was used to equip at least ten German infantry divisions in 1939-40 and Czech gun tanks (35t and 38t) represented nearly half of all the gun-tanks the Germans used against Poland in September 1939. read more

The Czechoslovak army was disbanded, its structures were fully liquidated, and the process was completed by the end of 1939. All assets of the Czech army were taken by the Wehrmacht. More importantly, the Czech factories producing tanks and weaponry in general were also acquired by the Germans. read more

Then, on March 15, 1939, during a meeting with Czech President Emil Hacha–a man considered weak, and possibly even senile–Hitler threatened a bombing raid against Prague, the Czech capital, unless he obtained from Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders. read more

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