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 | | Template:Polish borders Zaolzie (Czech ZГЎolЕЎГ (ZaolЕѕГ), Slezsko zaolЕЎanskГ©, Template:Lang-pl literally: Trans-Olza River Silesia) was an area disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia, west of Cieszyn, with some 906 kmВІ and 258,000 inhabitants. |
 | | In October 1938 the area was re-annexed by Poland, arguing that Poles in Zaolzie deserved the same rights as Germans in the Munich Agreement, but on September 1, 1939 it was annexed by Germany after they invaded Poland. |
 | | In 1945 Stalin awarded Zaolzie in its 1920 borders to Czechs and nowadays it is a part of the Czech Republic. |
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