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    Edvard Beneš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president...
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    her work in 2014. Václav Edvard Beneš, a mathematician, was her brother. Shortly after graduating from Wellesley, Emilie Beneš, herself a relative of Czechoslovakia's...
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    committee was originally created by the former Czechoslovak President, Edvard Beneš in Paris, France, in October 1939. Unsuccessful negotiations with France...
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  • and author Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement and the second President of Czechoslovakia Emilie Benes Brzezinski...
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    Vojta Beneš (11 May 1878 – 20 November 1951) was a Czech educator, political leader in Czechoslovakia and brother of Edvard Beneš. Vojta Beneš was born...
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    two years later. He was succeeded by Edvard Beneš. Masaryk had been dominated by his father, and afterward by Beneš, who played the role of a surrogate...
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    Czechoslovak-government-in-exile located in London, along with President Edvard Beneš, to unify domestic and foreign anti-fascist resistance and form the National...
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    therefore derived from the person of Edvard Beneš who, nevertheless, resigned his office in October 1938. Beneš returned to his post as president on the...
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    the emigration of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in 1914 by Czech politician Edvard Beneš, who later became the second president of Czechoslovakia, and other mainly...
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  • on 18 December 1935. Edvard Beneš was elected the second President of Czechoslovakia and replaced Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Beneš's victory was considered...
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    1939, after the outbreak of World War II, former Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš formed a government-in-exile and sought recognition from the Allies....
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    alliance binding the successor states was Edvard Beneš, the foreign minister of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. Beneš played such a crucial role in establishing...
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    government, initially split between two groups (those of Milan Hodža and Edvard Beneš), was tentatively supportive of the idea, at least publicly. Czechoslovak...
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  • first election since the end of World War II. Edvard Beneš was elected for his second term. Edvard Beneš resigned in 1938 and emigrated to the United Kingdom...
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    also became the refuge for Czech liberals. Its best-known member was Edvard Beneš, a co-founder of Czechoslovakia and the country's second President during...
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    Central Powers during the war. In 1918, Masaryk, along with his protégés Edvard Beneš and Milan Rastislav Štefánik, travelled to the United States to obtain...
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    organisation of Czechoslovakia became largely a matter of negotiations between Edvard Beneš and the Communist Party members exiled in Moscow. In February 1948, the...
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  • Norwegian educationalist Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), Czech politician Edvard Christian Danielsen (1888–1964), Norwegian military officer Edvard Diriks (1855–1930)...
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    prime minister of a coalition government at the behest of President Edvard Beneš. By summer 1947, however, the KSČ's popularity had significantly dwindled...
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    Igor (1996). Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler: The Diplomacy of Edvard Beneš in the 1930s. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510266-6. The Munich...
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    treaty in Moscow on 12 December 1943 by Joseph Stalin and Edvard Beneš. The decision by Beneš to sign the alliance took place over the opposition of both...
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    Following the Munich Agreement, Hácha was nominated as successor to Edvard Beneš on 30 November 1938 as President of Czechoslovakia. He was nominated...
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  • November 1938. The election was held following the Munich Agreement. Edvard Beneš resigned on his position and Emil Hácha became the new president. 312...
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  • foreign students fighting the Nazis from England. With the support of Edvard Beneš, President-in-Exile of Czechoslovakia, the USCS was reestablished in...
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    unacceptable to the democratic Czechoslovak government, led by President Edvard Beneš. On 24 April, the SdP issued a series of demands known as the Karlsbader...
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    December 1935 when he resigned due to poor health. He was succeeded by Edvard Beneš. Following the Anschluss of Austria by Germany in March 1938, the Nazi...
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    chairman, of the London-based Czechoslovak National Council, led by Edvard Beneš. On 4 April 1945, Nosek was named Minister of the Interior in Zdeněk...
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    President Edvard Beneš. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a condolences in the name of the American people for President Edvard Beneš and praised...
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  • Tomáš Masaryk created the Czechoslovak National Council together with Edvard Beneš and Milan Štefánik (a Slovak astronomer and war hero). Masaryk in the...
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    demands unacceptable to the Czechoslovak government led by president Edvard Beneš. On 24 April, the SdP issued the Karlsbader Programm, demanding autonomy...
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