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Czechoslovakia had been under the rule of the Austria-Hungarian Empire the citizens were weary of the “restriction of democratic rights in the Czech lands” (www.livingprague.com).  A resistance to the oppression by the German influenced monarch built up during World War I.  A lead “university professor, philosopher, and politician Tomas Masaryk” ([http://www.livingprague.com www.livingprague.com]) led the fight for Czechoslovakian independence abroad.  On the home front resistance grew gradually until it was clear that “things were not in Austria-Hungary’s favor” ([http://www.livingprauge.com www.livingprague.com]). Czechoslovakia became an independent republic on October 28, 1918.