13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

13. 8. 1940-31. 10. 1940

Alois Šiška

Alois Šiška

* 1914 †︎ 2003

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Portrait former

Ing. Vlasta Šišková

* 1924

Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Šišpera by RAF in England, 1940

Jaroslav Šišpera

* 1920 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Škarvada

Zdeněk Škarvada

* 1917 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Benes_Cholmondeley_leto_1940.jpg (historic)

Colonel Václav Strupek

* 1918

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

1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

Vilém Teller

Master Sergeant (ret.) Vilém Teller

* 1923 †︎ 2009

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Milan Trunkát as a seventeen-year-old

Major (ret.) Milan Trunkát

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Regina Tulachová, 1968

Regina Tulachová

* 1953

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Uruba

Colonel (ret.) Petr Uruba

* 1916 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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

Inka Vostrezova around 1970

Inka Vostřezová

* 1930

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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