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When did the Slovak Republic transform into an independent country?

  • 1940

  • 1939

  • 1945

  • 1935

Answer

The Slovak Republic, a former part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, declared its independence on 14 March 1939 after the German army entered and occupied Czechoslovakia. The new state was a puppet state of Nazi Germany, and the Slovak president, Jozef Tiso, was a Nazi collaborator. In 1945, the Slovak Republic was dissolved and Czechoslovakia was re-established.
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