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Sudetenland

American  
[soo-dayt-n-land, zoo-dayt-n-lahnt] / suˈdeɪt nˌlænd, zuˈdeɪt nˌlɑnt /

noun

  1. a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.


Sudetenland British  
/ suːˈdeɪtənˌlænd /

noun

  1. Also called: the Sudeten. a mountainous region of the N Czech Republic: part of Czechoslovakia (1919–38; 1945–93); occupied by Germany (1938–45)

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Hitler claimed that a slice of Czechoslovakia known as the Sudetenland was his last territorial demand in Europe.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said over the weekend that Mr. Putin harbors expansionist ambitions akin to the Nazis after absorbing the Sudetenland in 1938.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

She was a Sudeten German, as it turned out: part of the sizable minority of Bohemian Germans in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, which Adolf Hitler annexed to Germany in 1939.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024

He said it in 1938, when Adolf Hitler was about to seize the Sudetenland, part of what was Czechoslovakia.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

"If we stop now, we'd have Austria, the Sudetenland, and Poland," says Karl.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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