The Second world war 1939 - 1945 (2419)
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born 25th January 1917 in Parižovice, Slovakia 1939 escaped through Poland to France, joined the Foreign Legion training in Algeria, 1940 fought in France escaped occupied France to Britain, paratrooper training, preparations for a mission in to the ... 
born in Valašské Klobouky on March 4, 1917 learned to fly in Masaryk Air League in Uzhhorod joined up 3 Air Regiment in Piešťany after that went through training in Prague-Kbely in 1938 returned to Piešťany, after the declaration of the Slovak State he had to ...
born in Brno in 1923 at the age of seventeen he left for a Foreign Army through Balkan as a private soldier of the infantry regiment he took part in the retreating fights in France in the summer of 1940 he was admitted into the RAF from September 1940, served ...
He was born in Slovakia in 1923 He immigrated in 1940 with the intention to join the Czechoslovak foreign army He joined the legions in France along with his friend He went through the whole retreat and lived to see the fall of France He underwent a ...
born March 14, 1920 in western Slovakia leaves the country together with his friend Jozef Gabčík in 1939 via Poland arrives to France where he joins the French Foreign Legion participates in the defence of France against the German invasion captured, ...
born on January 23, 1921, in Chlebičov from the Hlučín region, he first fled to Opava he then continued his journey via Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon in France he engaged into the retreat fights in England he was with an ...
born August 20, 1912 in Donín near Louny studied a commercial academy, then military academy, from which he graduated in 1935 as lieutenant pilot 1939 left for Poland, after the outbreak of WWII for France in France served in defense of the air space over Lyon ...
Born in 1925 in Olomouc Her brother František Dostál fled to England in 1939 and became a pilot of the 311th Czechoslovak bomber squadron, he died on April 24, 1943, in the Bay of Solway The family members were arrested in the course of the Operation E ...
born July 27th 1919 in Poděbrady March 15th 1939 applied to the Czechoslovak Embassy in London as a volunteer for the army May 1940 - drafted, sent to Agde, assigned to the artillery June 1940 – after the fall of France went back to England, again in the ...
born June 17th 1916 in Chlum u Třeboně August 21st 1931 began working in the Baťa company in Zlín at the military academy in Prostějov trained as an aircraft specialist after the declaration of the Protectorate escaped to Poland, later got to France served in ...
