1940 - The Battle of France

1940

Ján Bačík in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ján Bačík

* 1917 †︎ 2016

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

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

Josef Balejka

Colonel Josef Balejka

* 1917 †︎ 2004

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance 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

Colonel (ret.) Emil Boček

* 1923

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

1940 - The Battle of France

Alexander Burger

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Alexander Burger

* 1922

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

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

Ludvík Čambala

Ludvík Čambala

* 1923 †︎ 2008

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, French Foreign Legion

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, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 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

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Dorúšek

Jan Dorúšek

* 1920 †︎ 2020

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, French Foreign Legion, 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

* 1916 †︎ unknown

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

1940 - The Battle of France

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Vilém Dvořák

* 1921 †︎ 2009

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Veteran of WW2, western front

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