Show Their Battle Smashed Czech Democracy F wi i S S kt S. S S S Jt i iS r S S Dr Joseph Tiso left premier of the thc new independent nation of or Slovakia whose hose demand for Slovakian autonomy in defiance of Dr Emil Hacha Bacha right president of the Czechoslovakian republic precipitated the year old democracy's destruction Supported by Adolf Oilier Hitler of Germany Dr Tiso established established an Independent Slovakia Meanwhile 1 the easternmost Czech province Ruthenia Ukraine was overrun o by Hungarian Rumanian and Polish soldiers each seeking their share of spoils The central Prague government left with only Bohemia and Moravia 1 was subdued under Hitler's thumb |