Czechoslovakia–United States Relations
Relations between Czechoslovakia and the United States refer to two periods in Czechoslovakia's history. The first being the establishment of Czechoslovakia after its Czechoslovak declaration of independence, declaration of independence in 1918 from Austria-Hungary initiated by President Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points following World War I. The second period being the communist era from 1948 when relations were strained, until 1992 when Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia split forming the independent nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a result of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. History Establishment After the defeat of Austria-Hungary in the First World War, as part of Wilson's fourteen points plan to secure peace in Europe, point ten called for "The people of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity to Self-determination, autonomous development." One month prio ...
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