Slovak–Hungarian War
1939 territorial conflict between the Slovak Republic and the Kingdom of Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Slovak–Hungarian War, or Little War (Hungarian: Kis háború, Slovak: Malá vojna), was a war fought from 23 March to 31 March 1939 between the First Slovak Republic and Hungary in eastern Slovakia.[1]
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Slovak-Hungarian Border War | |||||||||
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Part of the Interwar period | |||||||||
Territory ceded to Hungary after the war marked in blue (3) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Hungary | Slovakia | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Miklós Horthy András Littay |
Jozef Tiso Augustín Malár | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
5 infantry battalions 2 cavalry battalions 1 motorised battalion 5 light tanks 70 tankettes 3 armoured cars |
3 infantry regiments 2 artillery regiments 3 tanks 9 armoured cars | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
8 killed 30 wounded Unknown vehicles destroyed 1 fighter destroyed |
22 killed 671 captured 9 fighters destroyed or damaged | ||||||||
51 civilians killed |
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