Visit of the Slovak Military Delegation to Romania (February - March 1942) on the Background of Attempts to Nenew the Little Entente

Visit of the Slovak Military Delegation to Romania (February - March 1942) on the Background of Attempts to Nenew the Little Entente

Autor: BAKA Igor

BAKA, Igor: Visit of the Slovak Military Delegation to Romania (February - March 1942) on the Background of Attempts to Nenew the Little Entente.

Vojenská história, 26, 1, 2022, pp. 56-78

The author of the reviewed study deals with the reconstruction of the broader context and the course of the visit of the Slovak military delegation to Romania at the turn of February and March 1942. He points to the fact that a trilateral regional cooperation between Romania, Slovakia and Croatia began to form, from the summer of 1941, aimed at countering Hungarian revisionism and reclaiming the territories these states had lost to Hungary. However, its scope and forms were limited by their alliance with the Nazi Germany, which, among other things, led the three countries to outwardly refuse to associate their initiative with the idea of reviving the pre-war Little Entente. From this point of view, according to the author, the reciprocal visits of  military delegations, taking place in February and March 1942, represented a culmination. However, the author’s main attention is paid to the visit of the Slovak military delegation led by General J. Turanec to Romania, taking place from 28 February to 6 March 1942, which was met with extraordinary attention both from the Romanian leadership and the Romanian press.

Keywords: Slovakia, World War 2, Slovak-Romanian-Croatian cooperation, military delegation to Romania, February-March 1942, attempts to revive the Little Entente

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2022.26.1.3

Ročník: 26 | Číslo: 1/2022 | Stránky: 56-78