5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk | Memory of Nations

Pavel Vais

Pavel Vais

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

After the end of the war

Karel Vašek

* 1918 †︎ 2006

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Wawrečka (Vavrečka) František

Colonel (ret.) František Vavrečka

* 1920 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Eva Vavroušková, 2019

Ing. Eva Vavroušková

* 1940

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 5 more anniversaries

Karel Veselý in 1940

First Lieutenant (ret.) Karel Veselý

* 1921 †︎ 2011

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Lieutenant (ret.) Oldřich Vita

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

corporal Karel Volena - In Czechoslovak army 1947

Captain (ret.) Karel Volena

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant

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

Václav Vondrák 1

Major (ret.) Václav Vondrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, 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

Jaroslav Vrtálek in 1944

Jaroslav Vrtálek

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Viktor Wellemín

Private First Class (ret.) Viktor Wellemín

* 1923 †︎ 2020

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, Middle East and 1 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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