Draft:Skirmish of Zdziar
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| Skirmish of Zdziar | |||||||||
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| Part of Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Czechoslovakia |
 Poland | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Frantisek Kuhl |
Stanisław Maczek | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Czechoslovak Army | 24th Uhlan Regiment (Poland) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None | 2 killed[1] | ||||||||
The Skirmish of Zdziar[2] was a minor border skirmish fought between Czechoslovakia and Poland. It occurred on 27 November 1938 and resulted in a Polish victory.[1]
Skirmish
[edit]The skirmish occurred on a disputed territory on the Polish-Slovak border. Czecholovak colonel Frantisek Kuhl was uninformed about the border correction between both nations. As a result, he marched his army to the polish garrison in the disputed area, causing both armies to exchange fire, killing major Stefan Rago and corporal Henryk Oleksowicz.[1]
After being informed of the border corrections colonel Frantisek Kuhl retreated his army and allowed the Polish army to occupy the territory, ending the skirmish.[1]
Aftermath
[edit]Due to the withdrawal of the Czechoslovak forces, Poland was able to occupy minor territories around Spiš. But in 1939, Slovakia with the support of Germany decided to invade the disputed territories and annex it into their country.
But the skirmish in 1938 wasn’t the end of the border conflicts. Another border clash around Spiš occurred on 17 July 1945, in which the Polish again reoccupied the territory.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "27 listopada 1938 r. Bitwa pod Zdziarem". historia.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ Rossowski, Stanisław (1861-1940) Red (1938-11-29). "Gazeta Lwowska. 1938, nr 271". Biblioteka Jagiellońska, 501 V czasop.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Jesenský, Marcel (2014-09-02). The Slovak–Polish Border, 1918-1947. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-44964-1.