Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Plebiscite in Upper Silesia, they vote to remain part of Germany. Allied Plebiscite Commission rejects vote, draws boundary anyway; takes section of mines, mills and furnaces and 350,000 Germans and puts them under Polish rule
Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia
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