What major event occurred in the Sudetenland on May 1, 1939?
It was destroyed in a bombing
It was declared an independent state
It was formed into the Reichsgau Sudetenland
It was attacked by Allied forces
Answer
On May 1, 1939, the Sudetenland was formed into the Reichsgau Sudetenland. This was a move by Nazi Germany to incorporate the territory into the Third Reich. The Sudetenland was a region in Czechoslovakia that had a large German population. The Nazis claimed that the Sudetenland was rightfully German territory, and they used the threat of war to force Czechoslovakia to cede the region to Germany.
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