1940 - The Battle of France | Memory of Nations

Ján Bačík in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ján Bačík

* 1917 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Josef Balejka

Colonel Josef Balejka

* 1917 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Emil Boček

G/Cpt. Emil Boček

* 1923 †︎ 2023

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France

Major (ret.) Alexander Bognár

* 1917

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Déclassé, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 2 more anniversaries

Alexander Burger

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Alexander Burger

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ludvík Čambala

Ludvík Čambala

* 1923 †︎ 2008

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Bernard Dinter

Bernard Dinter

* 1918 †︎ 2014

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, western front and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1944 German occupation of the Baltic states, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Dolista (2015)

Karel Dolista

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Dorúšek

Jan Dorúšek

* 1920 †︎ 2020

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Bohumil Dubec around 2003

Bohumil Dubec

* 1916 †︎ 2003

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France

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