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Josef Liška - The Czechoslovak Brigade, 1945

Josef Liška

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait picture of Imrich Leichter Lom made during his service in the RAF.

Imrich Lom

* 1918 †︎ 2003

Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Karel Macháček

* 1916 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Velimir Macharáček in India

Velimír Macharáček

* 1915 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1940 - The Battle of France, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Colonel (ret.) Josef Macků

* 1919

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

1943 with code name Toman

Colonel (ret.) Vladimír Maděra

* 1917 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Corporal Otmar Malíř - 1946

Otmar Malíř

* 1923 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Malý in 1944

Milan Malý

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Tankers of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armored Brigade - illustration photo, valka.cz

Jan Martínek

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

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