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'''Czech Independence''' | |||
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” (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” (www.livingprauge.com). Czechoslovakia became an independent republic on October 28, 1918. | 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” (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” (www.livingprauge.com). Czechoslovakia became an independent republic on October 28, 1918. | ||