Ka cika wannan jumla: An kafa Czechoslovakia bayan Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya da kuma rushewar Daular Austro-Hungary. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Czechoslovakia ta daina wanzuwa, da mamayar Nazi. An rarraba yankinta zuwa babban Protectorate na Czech na Bohemia da Moravia, da kuma sabuwar Jamhuriyar Slovak da aka ayyana, yayin da wani ɓangare na Czechoslovakia ya haɗu kai tsaye zuwa Reich na Uku (Hungary da Poland suma sun haɗu da yankuna). Katolika na da karfi a cikin yankin a karkashin daular Habsburg, amma Bohemian Czechs musamman suna da wani
dangantaka mai wahala tare da Cocin masu mulkin su. Duk da haka, in ji Schnitker, "Cocin ya yi nasara wajen samun godiya mai zurfi ga rawar da ya taka wajen tsayayya wa magabcin Nazi".