# German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate

Date: 1939

## The fact

On 15 March 1939 German troops occupied Prague and [Hitler](/people/adolf-hitler) proclaimed a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It broke the Munich remainder. Adolf Hitler's documented role is: He summoned Hácha, threatened Prague, and occupied Bohemia-Moravia. Slovakia became a client state.

## Context

Hácha was forced in Berlin overnight. Sharing the occupation with the Wehrmacht is required. The setting of German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate is the public file around 1939-03-15. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver [democratic-resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not merge with Munich 1938. Mixed effects of German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

DHM and Britannica independently date 15 March 1939. Official carrier: DHM LEMO — Zerschlagung der Tschechoslowakei März 1939 (https://www.dhm.de/; Deutsches Historisches Museum). Independent carrier: Britannica — German occupation of Czechoslovakia 1939 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: DHM LEMO — Zerschlagung der Tschechoslowakei März 1939 (https://www.dhm.de/; Deutsches Historisches Museum).

## Significance

Worsening democratic-sovereignty path. Direct. High confidence. The welfare reading on this path is worsening. Readers checking this Fact should open both named URLs for German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is democratic-resilience. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 15 March 1939 occupation. Not established: that Munich already included Prague. Established: a sourced public record of German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate under 1939-03-15.

Shared responsibility is part of German troops occupy the Czech rump and create the Protectorate. Naming Adolf Hitler does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1939-03-15 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Adolf Hitler: https://factrail.ai/people/adolf-hitler

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler
- https://www.dhm.de/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hitler-prague-1939